ALPENA — For days, Alpena resident Bev Olsen looked forward to witnessing the planned flyover of military jets — including KC-135 Stratotankers and A-10 Thunderbolt IIs — during the U.S. Air Force’s commemoration of 100 years of aerial refueling. Tuesday’s flyover, complicated by a ...
ALPENA — The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education on Monday approved a new three-year contract for the district teachers as well as a proposed school budget for the 2023-2024 school year. In a press release Tuesday, the district said a large focus of the new contract was retention and ...
ALPENA — Dating back to around 1932, two to four horses tugged with all their might to bring a one-and-a-half-story home through the powerlines of Washington Avenue and West Lincoln Street to the doorsteps of Liberty Street. The home was originally located where Bingham Academy now resides. ...
ALPENA — Alpena News reporters combed the city and beyond to find some of the most unique, interesting, historical, or otherwise notable homes for its Homes of Distinction special section. Below are the stories we came up with: * "Liberty Street residents marvel at the possibility of ...
LACHINE — If you had visited 16183 Reider School Road back in 1955, you would have been greeted by the sight of a small Mennonite church that acted as a one-room schoolhouse that hosted children from the Wellington, Royston, Leer, and Long Rapids areas. Now, you would see a house with a ...