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Alpena County seeking candidates for animal control officer
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ALPENA – Alpena County Commissioners will discuss the hiring and promotion of a shelter manager and an animal control officer tomorrow. Commissioners will vote to either approve or deny the appointment of a full-time shelter manager and an animal control officer. In a statement from Alpena ...
Rooted in community, farmers markets continue to grow
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LANSING – One of the earliest memories Courtney Prielipp has of visiting farmers markets is her family’s corner stall, where she ran around and watched her brother play with toy tractors. “I probably want to say I was 2 or 3 when I was going to the farmers market,” said Prielipp, now ...
Getting skilled trades classes back in schools crucial to fixing shortages
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LANSING – The dramatic decline in skilled trades education has caused a troubling workforce gap, said Colleen Sullivan, the deputy executive director of the Michigan AFL-CIO Workforce Development Institute. In recent years, Michigan employers have had a hard time filling in-demand skilled ...
Montmorency County police update
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Recent actions taken by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. MONTMORENCY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE News Release March 30, 2026 Total: 79 Alarms: 1 Animal Control: 7 Traffic Arrests: 0 OWI Arrests: 0 Drug Arrests: 0 Warrant Arrests: ...
Alcona County police update
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Recent actions taken by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. ALCONA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE For the week March 23 to 29, 101 complaints were handled resulting in the following: Citations Issued: 12 Arrests: 1 Domestic: 1 Traffic/Traffic ...