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Association of Lifelong Learners (ALL) programming, Oct. 26 to Oct. 30

ALPENA — The Association of Lifelong Learners (ALL) programming for the week of Oct. 26 to Oct. 30. Santa Muerte & The Day of the Dead Monday, Oct. 26 – 2 to 3:30 p.m. – ACC Madeline Briggs Center 143 Santa Muerte has been called the “fastest-growing religion in the Americas,” ...

Angler assistance needed for Muskegon River whitefish study

MICHIGAN — Do you fish the Muskegon River between Croton Dam and the river mouth at Lake Michigan? This fall you might see in the channel lake whitefish carrying acoustic telemetry tags and acoustic receivers for tracking the fish. The devices are part of work the Michigan Department of ...

Merle Udell

Merle Udell, 96, of Alpena passed away September 28, 2026 at home with her loving family at her side. She was preceded in death by her husband John Wesley Udell, Sr., her parents, Floyd and Ethel (Jacobs) Standen, her sister Eleanor Schrader, her son, John Udell, Jr., sisters’ in-law, ...

Predicting Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms months before they appear

LANSING — Every spring, as the Great Lakes region warms, scientists watch for the return of harmful algal blooms. While the average passerby doesn’t notice the blooms until the bright green layer covers the shoreline, scientists can begin predicting the blooms weeks or even months before ...

Study finds climate warming directly affects the makeup of plant communities

LANSING — In Michigan, sugar maple populations are rising and eastern redbud trees are making their way north, while coniferous trees, like the black spruce, continue to decline. Conservationists suspect a multitude of causes for this changing composition, including climate warming, and the ...