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What’s Trump doing? That’s a question one must ask. Sabotaging trade negotiations with Canada at the last minute after the two sides appeared cl…
Long before cell phones invaded every school in the state driving down student attention spans to lower than the balance in your checkboo, about…
ALPENA – The Alpena Municipal Council on Monday unanimously rejected a staff recommendation to hold a controlled Canada goose hunt this fall, le…
ALPENA – The Gone To Pieces Quilt Guilt will meet on Sept. 3 at the First United Methodist Church in Alpena at 6 p.m.. There will also be a Trun…
Oh good, another war. This time a trade war with Canada and for no other reason than … what? To give Donald Trump a new stage for big-league bul…
Ocean Exploration Trust’s Exploration Vessel Nautilus and team are headed to Wake Atoll, one of the most isolated land masses on Earth and the s…
It’s another not especially beautiful week in the neighborhood, another week in which a spotlight is shone on President Donald Trump’s unsubtle…
During the opening week of the fall semester, I had the honor of giving the convocation remarks for The Ohio State University’s Lima campus inco…
Recent actions taken by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. MONTMORENCY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE N…
LANSING — “Nokee: The Last of the Great Lakes Mound Builders” (Mission Point Press, $22.95), by Stephen Rheaume follows Nokee, the last member o…
PARIS — NATO or Cosa Nostra? The U.S., under President Donald Trump, has just asked its transatlantic defense allies to swear allegiance to the…
Gerald F. Pilarski, age 77, of Grand Lake, died at his home at Grand Lake on Friday Aug. 14, 2026. The son of Harry Sr. and Maryann (Ennest) Pil…
HUBBARD LAKE — The Hope Lutheran Church is hosting its Harvest Dinner on Sept. 12, from 4 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. at the church located at 5462 Nic…
ALPENA – Patients in the Progressive Care Unit (PCU) at MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena now have access to white noise machines in every room,…
Trump claimed this past week that his job approval ratings are “fabulous” –they’re “above 60%.” He also asserted that the United States is enjoy…
ALPENA – The Alpena County Facilities, Capital, and Strategic Planning Committee meets on Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the Howard Male Conference Room…
ALPENA — The Association of Lifelong Learners (ALL) has announced its programs for the week of August 24-28 and it includes a lot of fun and edu…
More than any political cycle in memory, the 2026 primary campaign season has been marked by frequent, and often hysterical, condemnations of th…