To the editor, For all of us who call northern Michigan — and the Straits area specifically — home, the care and protection of our Great Lakes and waterways is more than just a priority. It’s personal. The waterfront is our back yard and a resource we safeguard for the world. As ...

Dear editor: Enough already! In response to the two letters in The Alpena News on Jan. 18, 2025, the truth must be told. How long is the left going to manufacture scare tactics regarding Donald Trump and his term as president of the United States? The fantasizing and false narratives need to ...

President Donald J. Trump has accomplished the impossible. Still in power after more than eight years, since Jan. 20, 2017. Proving that he never really lost the 2020 election, as he has just been inaugurated into a third term of presidential power. This creates an authoritarian leader that ...

Open the playbooks from 1938 by you know who. Move in and free the people as they need our guidance, and we need to have their land. If need be, do it by military force and blame the other person while taking the Panama Canal that we built many decades ago. Coerce people with threats, ...

As two new members prepare to attend their first meeting of the Board of Education of Alpena Public Schools on Monday, they are reminded that the principal responsibility of the district is to prepare students for their future, no matter where they live and regardless of what they do after they ...

To the Editor: As the new year approaches, a look back at the 2024 election is rather revealing. It appears that enough voters had some success with the school board. Stepping out from there, with perhaps a few exceptions on township boards, the county treasurer, and two U.S. senators, ...