ALPENA — Thanksgiving, traditionally a time of gathering in homes with loved ones, looks different when you don’t have a home. Most years, the Sunrise Mission homeless shelter in Alpena provides a Thanksgiving feast to help its residents celebrate the day. With the coronavirus pandemic ...
ALPENA -- The Alpena County board on Tuesday approved a drive-thru Christmas display despite traffic concerns from local police agencies and health concerns from regional public health officials trying to slow the spread of COVID-19. The Alpena County Board of Commissioners voted 4-3 to host ...
A roundup of recent actions by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. ALCONA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE For the week of Nov. 16-22 67 complaints were handled resulting in the following: Car/Deer: 10 Traffic/Traffic Stop: 18 Warrant Arrest: ...
Older adults experiencing social isolation this Thanksgiving due to the COVID-19 pandemic have a new opportunity to celebrate the holiday virtually. Through its partnership with the national education technology company GetSetUp, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Aging and ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t even think of putting the mask away anytime soon. Despite the expected arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in just a few weeks, it could take several months — probably well into 2021 — before things get back to something close to normal in the U.S. and Americans can ...
ALPENA -- Northeast Michigan today saw its largest one-day jump in newly reported COVID-19 infections since the pandemic began in mid-March. Local public health officials reported 56 newly infected Northeast Michiganders, more than in any other single day. Health officials reported more than ...
ALPENA — Local courts are polite, fair, and efficient, recent survey participants agreed — but, in some cases, not as polite, fair, and speedy as they used to be. A public satisfaction survey, administered periodically at all Michigan courts by order of the State Court Administrative ...
ALPENA TOWNSHIP — The Alpena Township Board of Trustees voted Monday to send to the Alpena Municipal Council a list of concerns about a proposed merger of the city and township fire departments. The trustees expressed many of the same concerns the public had shared during a joint meeting of ...
MONTMORENCY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Update on Nov. 23, 2020 Total: 82 Alarms: 2 Animal Control: 7 Traffic Arrests: 1 OWI Arrests: 0 Drug Arrests: 0 Warrant Arrests: 0 Complaint Arrest: 0 Animal/Vehicle Crashes: 8 Disputes: 5 Lewiston EMS: 8 Lewiston Fire: ...
ALPENA -- A second Presque Isle County resident has died after being infected with COVID-19 as 101 Northeast Michigan residents were confirmed infected over the weekend, local public health officials said today. The new death is the region’s 23rd since the pandemic hit Michigan in ...
ALPENA — Downtown Alpena’s holiday kickoff will be a little different this year. Alpena Downtown Development Authority Executive Director Anne Gentry said Christmas tree lighting in Culligan Plaza will not be held and that there will not be in-person visits with Santa at his house this ...
ALPENA — A rising number of criminal cases is flowing into Alpena’s highest court, which, between the court’s struggles with timeliness and complications of the coronavirus, could create a logjam in years to come. In 2019, 273 new criminal, civil, and appeals cases were filed in ...
∫ The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education last week reviewed its audit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, although the board held off on approving the audit until trustees had more time to review it. Chelsea Meeder, certified public accountant with Straley, Lamp and Kraenzlein, ...
ALPENA — A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered to anyone who can provide police with information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of those involved in the burglary of Full Bore Firearms, that occured around 4 a.m. Saturday in Alpena. Police say at least two unknown suspects ...
HARRISVILLE — The Harrisville City Council has restricted the number of recreational marijuana shops that can operate in the city limits. Officials have already approved three applications, which will lead to shops being opened in the coming weeks, but the council voted 4-1 recently to ...
ALPENA — Judges no longer get to decide who represents poor defendants, according to a recent decision by the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. Intended to reduce a judge’s influence over a court case, the measure keeps judges from rewarding or punishing ...
State offers businesses COVID-19 guidance Michigan businesses can now schedule free COVID-19 safety consultations with the Michiga Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the agency said in a news release. The consultation will offer businesses “education and support to implement ...
