News Photo by Steve Schulwitz Charter Township of Alpena Clerk Michelle Palevich, left, and Dana Malcomson received certificates that show their election certification from the state. They took several online classes and other training and were certified in March, but the certificates just ...
Recent activity by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. MICHIGAN STATE POLICE The Michigan State Police-Alpena Post handled 98 calls for service from 6/3/19 through 6/9/19. Of the 98 calls for service, troopers made the following arrests: ...
ONAWAY — A small blaze of hot light and the sharp smell of a torch marked the the beginning of a project and a continuation of a relationship that will continue to put food on the plates of Northeast Michigan families. “Built in Michigan, by Michigan, for Michigan,” said Bill Shepler ...
HARRISVILLE — The Harrisville City Council on Monday unanimously approved new medical and recreational marijuana ordinances and amended the zoning requirements for both types of marijuana-related businesses to operate in the city. The ordinances go into effect on June 26, after notice has ...
ROGERS CITY — A club has formed in Rogers City for students who want to share their feelings and be around people who want to help them. The club, called the Presque Isle Allies Club, formed after last month’s Rogers City Area Schools Board of Education meeting at which more than a dozen ...
Recent activity by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. ALCONA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE For the week of June 3-9 125 complaints were handled resulting in the following: Car/Deer: 9 Traffic/Traffic Stop: 33 Mental: 1 Medical: ...
ALPENA — At its next meeting, in August, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Lake Huron Citizen Fishery Advisory Committee will discuss which community along the lake could receive 80,000 Atlantic salmon next year. The committee, comprised of representatives from Lake ...
PRESQUE ISLE — Before you could see them, you could hear them. The angry-bee hum grew louder as the historic Fireside Inn at Grand Lake grew closer, buzzing above the loudspeakered voice announcing the number of the racer in the lead. A perfect spring-summer day added the final touch to a ...
ROGERS CITY — An economic summit, kicking off new economic development and community marketing planning for the Rogers City and its Downtown Development Authority, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Rogers City Theater, 257 N. Third St. The event is free and open to the public. ...
ALPENA —Harbormasters in Northeast Michigan are gearing up for the recreational boating season, working hard to fill their harbors not only with boats owned by area residents, but also with vacation boaters traveling up and down the Great Lakes. It’s important work for the region’s ...
ALPENA — School districts must have 2019-20 budgets approved by July 1, but those budgets will not look the same as those in recent years. With the state’s budget taking longer to complete than it has for the last several years, Northeast Michigan school district leaders are figuring out ...
ALPENA — Change is coming to court. It’s only a question of what the change will be. Right now, courts are funded through a mix of state and local taxpayer money and the bank accounts of people who have been found guilty of committing crimes. While courts are, in theory, a branch of state ...
POSEN —The graduation ceremony at Posen High School was a celebration of friends, family and accomplishments earned by the 25 graduates during their years at the school. It was also a rallying call, urging them to work hard, take chances, chase dreams, and make a difference in the world as ...
MOLTKE TOWNSHIP —The apple trees are blossoming at Knaebe’s Mmmunchy Krunchy Apple Farm, a crisp reminder of the fruits to come for the fall season. Knaebe’s owners Andy and Dana Hefele will spend the next two months, along with a limited number of staff, tending to the apple trees ...
ALPENA—Michigan State Police cruisers slowed traffic in front of MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena late Friday morning as troopers and Michigan Department of Natural Resources officers reacted to a car-deer collision on Chisholm Street in Alpena. According to police, a doe followed had ...
An Alpena man wanted for eight misdemeanors fled into a residence as Michigan State Police troopers approached, taunting them from inside until they obtained a search warrant and entered the residence. Joshua Dziuba, 31, was not visible when troopers entered the home, but they were ...
Kindt promoted at OsborneKlein Anissa Kindt, has been promoted from client service manager to practice manager at OsborneKlein, the wealth advisory firm said in a news release. In her new role, Kindt will manage day-to-day activities of all staff and staff functions, the news release said. ...
ALPENA—It’s been seven years since her parents heard Lisa’s voice. “She had some troubles, but Lisa was just a happy person,” Marc Knight, Lisa’s father, said. “She just loved life. She loved her horses, she dearly loved her children. That’s why none of this really makes ...
ALPENA — A potentially harmful chemical has been found in foam on the Thunder Bay River, according to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. A sample of the foam taken from the river near downtown Alpena showed a level of 490 parts per trillion of ...
ALPENA — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed two bills Tuesday that ban the sale of electronic cigarettes and other non-traditional nicotine products to minors, but one local school administrator says those don’t really help schools that have been battling “vaping” amongst students. Alpena ...