If Alpena County’s proposed tax increase fails during the Nov. 5 election, Alpena County Sheriff Erik Smith could have to cut ...

Alcona High School cross country team competed in the North Star League Finals Tuesday in Oscoda. Darren Boyat placed eight ...

Explosively intensifying Hurricane Milton is the latest freaky system to come out of what veteran hurricane scientists call the weirdest storm season of their lives. Before this Atlantic hurricane ...

The rumors surrounding Hurricane Helene are many. There are false claims that people taking federal relief money could see their land seized. Or that $750 is the most they will ever get to rebuild. Or ...

A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the continuing dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden on Tuesday set a 10-year deadline for cities across the nation to ...

Incumbent Republican Presque Isle County Sheriff Joe Brewbaker will face Democratic challenger James Gibson in the upcoming election, as six candidates vie for positions on the Presque Isle County ...

Florida work crews hustled to remove lingering wreckage from one hurricane ahead of another Tuesday, while thousands of people fearing a once-in-century direct hit from Milton streamed out of the ...

We second comments made by Alpena City Manager Rachel Smolinski at an Alpena County Road Commission public hearing on a proposed extension of 3rd Avenue. “Is this truly the best solution for the ...

The Alpena County Board of Commissioners voted 8-0 on Tuesday to not follow through on replacing all of the members of the Alpena County Library Board. In July, the commissioners voted to begin the ...

More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, saying that the popular short-form video app is designed to be addictive to kids and harms their mental ...

Running a local newspaper can be one of the most frustrating, worthwhile, mundane, exciting, demanding, rewarding endeavors you can take on. Sounds great, kids, doesn’t it? This year, we received the ...

From the moment we discover a baby is on its way, a flood of thoughts rushes in. Anticipation. Joy. Fear. What will my baby be like? What if I’m not good at this? And the very real thought: What if ...