In response to Mr. Leow’s letter published on Saturday (“The [Alpena] News’ reliance on AP wire makes it fake news”), here’s my opinion. First, many people are sick and tired of hearing those hackneyed expressions “fake news” and “make America great again.” Good bumper ...
As the school year ended this past spring, here at the post we were still dealing with a number of complaints in regards to vehicles disregarding school bus lights. With the start of another school year right around the corner, this topic will certainly come up again. Apparently, people still ...
An Iraqi woman who left her native land for what she hoped was the safety of Germany has returned home — where she feels safer from Islamic State terrorism. Her decision is one more red flag for German officials who adopted an open-door policy toward refugees from the Middle East. Ashwaq ...
As I grow older, I find myself making decisions of less importance. It’s not that I used to make that many important decisions — I didn’t. It’s just that those few important decisions I now make seem less important than the important ones I used to make. I also make decisions of ...
The popular wisdom is that nobody votes for governor based on the running mate. Yet the popular wisdom also warns that the pick of a lt. governor should “do no harm to the ticket.” At this early read it’s fair to say it’s a little fuzzy as to whether Bill Schuette broke that rule ...
I figure Pete must have been smiling. Wednesday Gov. Rick Snyder was in Escanaba promoting the expansion of broadband internet access to all corners of rural Michigan. Sometimes though the interesting aspect of news isn’t what actually is said - instead it lies with what wasn’t said. ...
Being a resident of Presque Isle County, I am writing in support of the Michigan State Police presence in our county. We need to thank all of our law officers that serve our area. They help to keep it a safe place to live and enjoy our many activities. When you see a police car on the road, ...
The latest Michigan jobless numbers were released this week and with it, both good and bad news. The good news is the jobless rate in Michigan as of July was at its lowest point since 2000, standing at 4.3 percent. In December of 2000 the unemployment rate was 4.2 percent. The bad news is ...
The Alpena News followed the Boston Globe’s lead in the Thursday, Aug. 16 editorial in trying to defend the press in this country. The editorial quotes Sen. Debbie Stab-u-now, which pretty much discredits the whole editorial right there. As long as The Alpena News relies on the Associated ...
On Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, Alcona Health Center, in cooperation with the Michigan Food Bank, provided fresh produce at no cost to all citizens of Alpena. The event was a huge success, with over 200 people in line to get the best of what our local farmers had to offer. All of the people that ...
Two boys, two fishing rods and one heck of a summer fish story. Logan Sigmon and Conner Sauve experienced a fish story that will last them forever when the two hooked into a sturgeon in the Thunder Bay River earlier this month. Sturgeon, a prehistoric, bottom-feeding fish, can grow to ...
The First Amendment — free speech and freedom of the press — is more important than ever before. So said U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow as she sat with Alpena News editors this week during a visit to Northeast Michigan. Stabenow, in discussing civility in politics and the tone in ...
Sometimes I agree to do something before thinking it all the way through. My mom is likely chuckling right now because she probably recalls telling me repeatedly as a child, “Think before you speak.” It has been good for me in many ways, though, because it keeps my life adventurous and ...
Since taking this position with the Convention & Visitors Bureau more than five years ago, there are a handful of recurring myths we address for visitors and local residents. Where these myths came from or how they continue to be perpetuated is unknown. Myth 1: Northeast Michigan has ...
Democratic candidate for governor Gretchen Whitmer, after running the table in the primary election by winning 83 of 83 counites in the state, moves on to bigger fish to fry in November, namely sending GOP candidate Bill Schuette to the showers. But before she gets too knee deep in that ...
President Trump’s proposal to create an entirely new branch of the military, the U.S. Space Force, may not be a good idea. But the initiative does point to a dangerous gap in our defense posture. Trump’s idea is for a new service equal in stature to the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and ...
Given the waste of time and money evident in the government’s efforts to build a wall along our southern border, it is no wonder Mexican officials want no part of paying for it. Pardon our sarcasm, please. It is difficult to restrain it upon hearing more evidence of how bureaucracy in the ...
A new day has dawned for Michigan hunters. Action taken by state Natural Resources Commission members Thursday means that 2018 will be the last hunting season where hunters in the Lower Peninsula can hunt over bait. Beginning Jan. 31 of next year, only hunters who are disabled will be ...
Residents were motivated this week to vote. In primary battles in a number of states across the U.S., voter turnout was significant. Certainly that was true both locally and in Michigan, where a new record of a 27 percent turnout was set. The previous turnout record of 24.4 percent was set ...
I have heard some of the community complaints about the size of the carnival and other issues with the fair. I’ve heard people ask, “What has happened to our once-great county fair?” I (or my children) have been exhibiting at this fair for 50 years. It is in my heart and blood. I ...