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Rogers City awarded grant for downtown

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ALPENA — Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced Wednesday that Rogers City was awarded grant money to develop its downtown. Kaelie Fessler, executive director of Rogers City DDA, told The News that Rogers City was awarded $15,000 to create a community space between two buildings. Rogers City ...

MiLEAP awards $16.5 million to expand pre-K education

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ALPENA — The state of Michigan continued to move toward its goal to make preschool accessible to everyone with a recent award of $16.5 million to new and expanding pre-K programs. Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) Start Up Grants from the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, ...

Downtown Alpena becomes a historic district

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ALPENA — Downtown Alpena has been nominated to be classified as a Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places. The district is roughly the 2003 Downtown Development Authority (DDA) boundaries, which encompasses the historic downtown core district. The designation is ...

State updates community on bovine tuberculosis

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OSSINEKE — Representatives from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Wildlife Services met at the Ossineke Township Hall on Tuesday evening to give updates on ...