ATLANTA — Talks about whether Atlanta Community Schools and Hillman Community Schools should consolidate are underway. Trustees with the Atlanta and Hillman boards of education on Monday spent nearly 90 minutes discussing the potential for consolidation, before agreeing each board should ...
ALPENA — Voters in Alpena County will decide if they want to continue paying up to $3 on their telephone lines to help finance 911 operations. The Alpena County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday passed a resolution calling for a special election in May to request voters’ approval of the ...
Recent actions by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. ALCONA COUNTY For the week of Feb. 15-21 59 complaints were handled, resulting in the following: Car/Deer: 4 Traffic/Traffic Stop: 18 Property Damage Accident: 6 Assist: ...
ALPENA — Six more Northeast Michiganders have tested positive for the coronavirus, health officials said on Tuesday, after an average of 29 coronavirus tests per day were administered to Northeast Michiganders in the past week, according to state data. An average of 50 Alpena County ...
ALPENA — The Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District Board of Education will make COVID-19 rapid testing available to its employees and serve as a hub to receive and distribute rapid tests to student athletes. The board recently authorized Superintendent Scott Reynolds to ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Because of a mixup at The News, an incorrect version of this story appeared on Page 1A Tuesday and briefly at TheAlpenaNews.com Tuesday morning. The correct version appears below. ALPENA -- Alpena Community College has received a $2.4 million grant that will allow the college ...
Responders assist a driver after her vehicle was hit during a two-car crash on 11th Avenue one block from the intersection at Chisholm Street in Alpena this afternoon. Traffic near the crash was diverted after a white car crashed into a black sport utility vehicle. The white car’s driver, who ...
A pair of key issues regarding the fire department were tabled until a future meeting, after technical difficulties threw a monkey wrench into the Alpena Township Board of Trustees meeting Monday. Discussions on the township’s fire department, and information about a public input session ...
ALPENA — Families of people battling addiction need somewhere to turn for help. A new chapter of Families Against Narcotics — a Michigan grassroots organization dedicated to supporting the people who support those in addiction recovery — is that somewhere to turn, according to Donna ...
Recent actions by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. MONTMORENCY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Update on Feb. 22, 2021 Total: 86 Alarms: 9 Animal Control: 2 Traffic Arrests: 0 OWI Arrests: 0 Drug Arrests: 0 Warrant Arrests: 4 Complaint ...
ALPENA -- Public health officials on Monday reported 12 newly infected or probably infected Northeast Michiganders, including eight Alpena County residents and four Presque Isle County residents. There were no new confirmed cases in Alcona and Montmorency counties. As of Feb. 18, local ...
ALPENA — When businesses were disrupted and people lost jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic, many Northeast Michiganders found themselves suddenly without income. For some, that meant also being suddenly without a home, according to Traci Schuelke, of the Northeast Michigan Community ...
ALPENA — After fighting through a challenging year of canceled fundraising events and community projects in 2020, area service groups hope to rebound this year. Only time — and COVID-19 — will determine if that will happen. Already, several 2021 events are scrapped, and others changed ...
∫ During its monthly meeting on Feb. 17, the Alpena County Finance Committee voted to recommend to the board of commissioners a host of spending requests. The committee voted to approve the 2021 Michigan Department of Natural Resources Marine Grant renewal application for the sheriff’s ...
ALPENA — The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on local nonprofits, causing fundraising declines and the cancellation of programs. Lost revenue from fundraisers limits what charities can do to help improve the lives of others, nonprofit leaders said. It could mean fewer people receive eye ...
ALPENA — The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education plans to schedule a special board meeting to discuss how Thunder Bay Junior High School and Alpena High School students can have more in-person learning. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. March 2 on the online conferencing software ...
ALPENA— Michiganders often endure winter weather that mirrors or exceeds what the state of Texas experienced earlier this week. Because of the commonality of heavy snow, high winds, and below zero temperatures, the area’s power infrastructure is designed to withstand the brutal weather, ...
ATLANTA — A boring night means people are getting along, said Sgt. Mike Brooks, of the Montmorency County Sheriff’s Office. Then again, when 10-hour shifts stretch along county roads and roll in slow loops through quiet towns, all that getting along can make a police officer ...
Deer hunting regulations for the 2021 season were approved on Feb. 11 by the Michigan Natural Resources Commission at its regular meeting, hosted virtually. The changes, aimed at further simplifying deer regulations and removing barriers to hunting participation, go into effect with the start ...