The Michigan State Police has named 1st Lt. Anthony Utt as commander of its Alpena Post. Utt will take the helm effective ...

The Alpena High School Wildcats faced Traverse City West in a competitive match on Friday night, ultimately losing 63-48.

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s Third-grade Get Into Your Sanctuary program recently won the Sea to Shining Sea Award ...

Alpena has always had a small presence of deer that occasionally crossed a city street or munched on vegetation in people’s ...

Santa Claus is coming to town! Jolly Old Saint Nick will be chauffered around Alpena on a city fire truck starting at 6 p.m.

News Photo by Maxwell Olmstead Snow lays on the ground at the intersection of North 1st Avenue and Park Place on Friday.

Netflix is planning to provide plenty of gifts for viewers of its two Christmas Day games, including Mariah Carey kicking it all off with a taped performance of “All I Want for Christmas is You.” Yet, ...

The Christmas and Hanukkah celebration seasons are special to millions across the globe. However, what if you are in the midst of a war during those holidays? My mind goes back decades, when I was ...

The smooth economy that Donald Trump was poised to inherit suddenly looks a bit rockier — with critics saying the president-elect is contributing to the uncertainty. The Dow Jones stock index ...

Michigan Democrats, recently hailed as a model of electoral and legislative success, are ending their final days in complete control of the state government mired by divisions and outright rebellion ...

President Joe Biden is abandoning his efforts to provide some protections for transgender student athletes and cancel student loans for more than 38 million Americans, the first steps in an ...

Our family’s newest birthday tradition is my favorite one ever. It’s rather simple. It includes my local troop of eight — my family of four, my parents, and Betsy’s parents. In the weeks prior to one ...