I have the joy and honor of writing for a number of newspapers on topics ranging from historic features to current events. One of the publications I periodically write for is The Houghton Daily Mining Gazette, which serves readers in the Keweenaw region of Michigan’s Upper ...

Alpena County officials want to hear what you would want to see in an expanded APlex that could include a new community pool. News staff writer Steve Schulwitz reported Wednesday that county leaders will soon put up a survey at AlpenaCounty.org to ask residents which features they’d want in ...

Several years ago, I was grocery shopping and bumped into someone as I was moving down the aisle looking for a particular item. As the other person turned to me, I could feel my fear build as the slow-motion smile of recognition was forming on her face. Then something terrifying happened, she ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently announced the workgroup members that will support the efforts of the new Growing Michigan Together Council, and I am proud to be named among the talented and esteemed professionals from across our state selected to help do that important work. The Growing ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is trying to bring Arctic grayling back to the state. The fish hasn’t been found in Michigan since the 1930s, but the DNR is currently building up broodstock of fertilized grayling eggs from Alaska, modeling its restocking program after a ...

It was 20 years ago on Sunday that the Northeast Blackout shut the power off on more than 50 million people in the eastern portion of the U.S. and part of Canada. Among the hardest hit was the Detroit metro area, and my friend, Julie DePrekel, and I were smack dab in the middle of the chaos ...