Photo by Sonie Rousseau A snowy owl sits in a tree in Alpena. This photo was captured by Sonie Rousseau and submitted to The ...

Each quarter, the Kiwanis Club of Alpena strives to recognize and honor a person in the local community who it feels clearly represents the traits and ideals of membership in Kiwanis. According to ...

The Alpena Lions Club hosted its first potluck evening meeting Tuesday night at the Alpena Senior Center. The meeting was ...

Michigan’s cell phone ban may seem like a return to the Stone Age, but it’s a step forward for classroom learning Alexandra ...

Take a deep breath. You survived Winter Armageddon 2026. For several days you survived being cooped up in the house together ...

News Photo by Steve Schulwitz Dozens of people rallied at Culligan Plaza on Friday evening to honor the memory of two Americans that were killed by federal law enforcement agents in Minnesota. The ...

Have you ever heard people announce how joining a gym or taking a class or going to prison helped turn their life around 360 degrees? Or testifying in church about their 360-degree change that came ...

Cougars were detected 31 times in Michigan in 2025, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. That’s the ...

Make-It Monday returns to the Alcona County Library with guest instructor Mary Cordes, who will be leading a creative session making decoupaged coasters on Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. There is a supply cost of ...

It is difficult to write about the atrocities being committed in our country, but it’s necessary. Violence thrives in silence. Ice is not concerned with ridding our country of criminals, they are ...

Since his appointment to the president’s seat, School Board President, Eric Lawson, has tried a variety of strong-arm tactics meant to suppress public comment at school board meetings. First he ...

What follows below is an excerpt from Judd Garrett’s 1/25/26 essay ‘Epicenter of Corruption’ from the blog Objectivity is the Objective. I edited it only to fit the space allowed by the News. ‘The ...