On Wednesday, the Alpena Downtown Development Authority announced four of six businesses that will be included in the new market downtown. Those four businesses include Knaebe’s Apple Farm Ciderworks in the larger 12 by 24-feet space used as a taproom, and Birch Hill Grocery, Mana ...

I guess it depends on what part of the country you live in, but there are certain rites of passage from childhood to adulthood that need to be experienced. In my estimation, one of those is the joy of collecting lightning bugs. There is nothing quite like sitting around a campfire on a summer ...

Alpena Public Schools is looking into the future and reimagining what education could, and should, look like over the next decade. This long-term planning effort is grounded in our strategic plan and guided by the trends and realities we face as a district. Most importantly, it will be shaped ...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and nothing can bring that closer to home than a tragedy that occurred last week in my hometown of Cozad, Nebraska. This is a small rural town of about 4,000 people. It’s a tight-knit town where most people know most people. Like most small ...

As high school graduations begin this week in the region, it’s worth noting that May is Professional Trades Month, highlighting the career opportunities available in these much-needed positions. Michigan alone has nearly 518,300 positions and about 40,600 annual openings in the professional ...

Recently, I watched a repeat of an episode of “The Orville.” The episode, in particular, has pretty much haunted me since it first came out. The scariest, most treacherous “alien” of all was revealed. The crew visits a planet where every person wears a badge showing their public ...