ALPENA – The Alpena Township Fire Department is currently fully staffed on the full-time side but is actively recruiting to fill an upcoming retirement and expand its paid-on-call ranks, with a hiring fair planned for later this month. Chief Tim Baker spoke about his hopes for the hiring ...
LANSING – Across the country, anything from a faith-based homeschooling group to a small private school to an extracurricular organization is calling itself a microschool. The National Microschooling Center in Las Vegas estimates that there are around 95,000 of them in the United ...
ALPENA — Summer break is near and for some families, it means heading off on vacation. But for many students in our community, it means their main source of nutrition is no longer available to them. Students that are used to getting 10 meals a week through their school, which will now be closed for the break, may need to find additional food support. These community partners provide meals at no cost in order to reduce hunger for school aged kids in our community. This is a wonderful time to support organizations that bring this vital service to our community. Summer Food Service ...
LANSING - On Thursday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2026-13, re-establishing the Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. This action continues the task force’s work and builds on the governor’s commonsense gun violence prevention laws, including background checks, ...
