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AAA: Michigan gas prices drop 15 cents from a week ago

DEARBORN - Gas prices in Michigan are down 15 cents from last week. Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $4.51 per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is 38 cents less than this time last month but still $1.71 cents more than this time last year. Motorists are paying an average ...

Free program on Middle East and national security

ROGERS CITY - On Thursday at 7 p.m., the Rogers City Zonta is sponsoring a free livestream program titled "Middle East Instability & National Security." The speaker is Javed Ali, formerly with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and the FBI. He is currently a professor at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Ali will discuss the current events in the Middle East including the war in Iraq and its effect on U.S. policy. Ali has a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Michigan, a ...

Page sentenced to 25 to 60 years in prison for multiple CSC charges

ALPENA — Larry Page, 60, was sentenced to 25 to 60 years in prison on Monday in the 26th Circuit Court in Alpena for first and second-degree criminal sexual conduct charges (CSC). Page was found guilty in a jury trial of two counts of first degree CSC – person under 13 years old, and ...

Michigan moves broadband expansion projects, including PIE&G

LANSING — Michigan is taking another important step toward expanding access to reliable, high-speed internet as 23 subgrantees have officially signed agreements through the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Michigan’s BEAD Program is investing $916 million in ...

ACC receives unmodified opinion in Fiscal Year 2026 audit

ALPENA — The Fiscal Year 2026 audit for Alpena Community College done by Straley, Lamp, and Kraenzlein P.C. was returned with an unmodified opinion. The audit was presented by CPA Chelsea McConnell at the ACC Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday. An unmodified opinion is the highest ...