The Hillman Tigers secured their fourth district championship in five years, in a game that can be best described as a slug ...

Alcoholic beverage consumption rates have reached record lows in the United States, according to a Gallup poll. In 2025, only ...

I’ve never met a successful business owner who truly did it alone. Not one. Behind nearly every thriving business is someone ...

Local store owners say that trapping is necessary to manage wildlife populations and to protect farms and livestock. Ralph Inglis, co-owner of F&T Fur Harvester’s Trading Post in Alpena, explained ...

Courtesy photo State Rep. Cam Cavitt (R-Cheboygan) this week welcomed Alcona County Sheriff Scott Stephenson as his guest to Governor Whitmer’s last State of the State address.

On Friday and Saturday, the Alpena varsity swim team competed at the Boys ISC Swimming and Diving Championship. “The team didn’t just compete over the weekend, they elevated,” Coach Jennifer Johnson ...

The VFW Posen Post 7804 chicken dinner will be held on Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m. The menu will include baked chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetables, coleslaw, homemade bread, and desserts.

WOLOSZYK, Mary Jane, age 74 of Posen died unexpectedly in Alpena on Feb. 27, 2026. Arrangements are in the care of Beck Funeral Home. A memorial mass will be scheduled in the spring.

Joe McCarthy was famously undone by the rhetorical questions at a 1954 congressional hearing: “Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?” If the same queries ...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared March as Reading Month in Michigan in a press release on Sunday. She highlighted her continued focus on literacy supporting readers through the new Every Child Reads ...

The Gone to Pieces Quilt Guild will host its monthly meeting on Thursday at the First United Methodist Church in ... Copyright © 2026 Alpena News Publishing Company | https://www.thealpenanews.com | ...

With the high holy day of the Irish around the corner, it seemed fitting to share the story of my friend, Sheila Dunleavy Mund, an American with proud roots in County Mayo, Ireland. Sheila represents ...