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Freediver and spearfisher to present at Marine Sanctuary

ALPENA — The Friends of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and the Michigan Spearfishing Association are co-hosting an event on Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center featuring Kimi Werner. She is traveling the midwest to research a new cookbook that will feature ...

The Katherine V: A bygone era of gill net fishing

ALPENA — Jim Johnson, retired fisheries biologist and Besser Museum curator, gave The News a one-on-one curator tour of the museum’s Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage exhibit, which features a Great Lakes gill net fishing tug, the Katherine V. The tug boat represents a bygone era of Great ...

Sandcastle building contest ready to roll

ALPENA — Get your buckets and shovels ready for the annual sandcastle contest this Fourth of July. The annual The Alpena Sandcastle Contest will be one of the highlights of the local 4th of July celebration and continues to be a popular event. “The Alpena News has been hosting the ...