She was five years old in October of 1918 when the Spanish flu hit America hard. She watched and prayed through that pandemic, as she watches and prays now, at age “106 and three-quarters” from her Lincoln, Mich., farmhouse. Helen Anstead has been through a lot of life, and she knows we ...
ALPENA — Two former Michigan State Police-Alpena Post commanders, both disciplined by MSP in March, filed lawsuits on May 11 against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and MSP Director Col. Joseph Gasper, claiming to be the victims of racial and gender prejudice. In March, Capt. Michael Caldwell, ...
ALPENA — No more Northeast Michigan residents were reported infected today with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, according to local health departments A total of 123 Northeast Michigan residents have tested positive for the virus, including 94 Alpena County residents, 12 ...
ALPENA — Municipalities in Northeast Michigan are planning for the best way to reopen offices to the public while keeping employees safe. The Alpena County Board of Commissioners last week decided to bring back employees who were working from home or laid off. County board Chairman Bob ...
ALPENA — Both an educator and active community member, Richard Matteson turned 90 on May 9, but is still working in the education field after all these years. Matteson was a faculty instructor at Alpena Community College for 29 years, and continued to serve as a board member for Alpena ...
HARRISVILLE — “Everybody wants to tell the truth,” the officer said, sitting in his boss’s office on Tuesday, hours before turning in his badge. “You just have to let them.” Sgt. Jim McGuire, a 30-plus-year veteran of the Alcona County Sheriff’s Office, knows how to listen to ...
LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday said people who leave their home for work or those who have coronavirus symptoms can be tested without a doctor’s note, expediting testing that is seen as critical to slowing the spread of the virus. Several tribal casinos, meanwhile, announced ...
Recent actions by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. ALCONA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE For the week of May 18-24 86 complaints were handled resulting in the following: Car/Deer: 3 Traffic/Traffic Stop: 18 Medical: 27 Warrant Arrest : ...
ALPENA -- Local health departments today reported one more Alcona County resident is infected with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, and one more Presque Isle County resident has recovered. A total of 123 Northeast Michigan residents have tested positive for the virus, ...
ALPENA — Our nation’s fallen heroes were honored and remembered in Alpena in a non-traditional way on Memorial Day. The annual ceremony held at Little Flander’s field was canceled due to the spread of COVID-19, but a small group of local veteran groups met at the cemetery Monday for a ...
ROGERS CITY — “Hi, Mom,” the sign dangling from a car’s passenger window read. Four rows deep, cars, trucks, and a few motorcycles paused in a parking lot near the long-term-care facility, their drivers waiting eagerly for a glimpse of loved ones. Around the corner, 39 ...
ALPENA — Hunting keeps Alpena County resident Allen Shaw connected to family, as well as the great outdoors. Shaw has been hunting for the last 16 years and remembers hunting with his father and grandfather. Throughout the years, Shaw has hunted deer, bear, turkey, and small game. ...
As students across the country wrap up their academic year from a distance, attention is turning to what classes might look like when school resumes this fall. With no certainty about the status of the novel coronavirus in the months to come, school systems must prepare for adapted ...
News Photo by Steve Schulwitz Crews from Alpena and Alpena Township battle a large fire at a multiple-unit housing structure at the corner of Washington Avenue and Lewis Street early Sunday morning. Alpena Fire Chief Bill Forbush said the occupants were able to get out safely, but one cat ...
ONAWAY — An Onaway teenager was killed Saturday when her van rolled off the roadway in a single-vehicle crash, police reported today. The 17-year-old, whose name has not been released, and a 15-year-old female passenger, both from Onaway, were travelling north on Hoffmeyer Road near 5 ...
LANSING (AP) — Michigan arts groups are struggling to operate as people divert their donations to needed services during the pandemic, community leaders said. Arts organizations are dealing with the same challenges as restaurants or other businesses that need large gatherings to operate, ...
News Photo by Steve Schulwitz Crews from Alpena and Alpena Township battle a large fire at a multiple-unit housing structure at the corner of Washington Avenue and Lewis Street early this morning. Alpena Fire Chief Bill Forbush said the occupants were able to get out safely, but one cat died ...
ONAWAY -- An Onaway teenager was killed Saturday when her van rolled off the roadway in a single-vehicle crash, police reported today. The 17-year-old, whose name has not been released, and a 15-year-old female passenger, both from Onaway, were travelling north on Hoffmeyer Road near 5 Mile ...
ALPENA -- Nine area recoveries from coronavirus-caused sickness were reported by Northeast Michigan health departments on Saturday and Sunday, and the state reported only five new deaths on Sunday after weeks of double- and triple-digit daily death counts. Eight Alpena County residents who ...
On March 16, an order by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer closed restaurant dining rooms. A week later, stores deemed non-essential had to close their doors during a statewide effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. On Friday, retail shops, restaurants, and offices in much of northern Michigan, ...