4+ day, 35+ min ago   (209+ words) – Convention and Visitor Bureau – table and handouts of area – TBAS/Bird City -handouts and free bird beanie babies for kids – TBAS Spotting scope and binocular station – Build a bluebird house (limited number) – ABC Bird Center – Window Strike Prevention – Besser Museum…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (558+ words) ALPENA -- The trial date for Aaron Pokorzynski, 31, was moved to begin on Jan. 26 according to court records, but that date will be changed again due to a scheduling conflict with Pokorzynski's defense attorney Gary Springstead. Pokorzynski had a hearing on…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (165+ words) ALPENA -- St. Paul Lutheran Church in Alpena is hosting its Harvest Dinner on Sept. 24 at the church in Alpena. Doors to the dinner open at 4:15 p.m. and first seating and serving begins at 4:30 p.m. Second seating and serving will begin at 6 p.m. Take…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (94+ words) The Alpena News Par-3 Challenge makes donation ALPENA -- The Alpena Golf Club ended its summer-long Par 3 Challenge and Million Dollar Shootout program on Aug. 30. Although no one won the million dollars, nine golfers won a chance to swing for a…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (492+ words) ALPENA -- The Optimist Club playground at the Alpena County Fairgrounds is not going to be moved and there is a chance it could see some needed improvements still this year. In 2021 the Alpena County Board of Commissioners first discussed moving…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (512+ words) ALPENA -- Dr. Clifford Henshaw of Henshaw Chiropractic appeared in the 89th District Court in Rogers City on Tuesday to enter a no contest plea for a misdemeanor aggravated assault charge. The court dismissed his remaining five fourth degree CSC charges. Henshaw…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (728+ words) I’m going to warn you right away: this may seem a little sappy. I don’t apologize for that. I’m an emotional person, and I’ve come to view that as one of my strengths. My emotions are closely tied to my…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (360+ words) ALPENA - The Alpena Municipal Council on Aug. 24 unanimously approved a final balancing change order for the completed Bay View Restroom and Pavilion Project, locking in a revised contract of $900,788.38 and authorizing staff to close out the long-delayed waterfront amenity. The…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (482+ words) ALPENA -- The Trump administration officially lifted the stop-work order on the Brandon Road Interbasin Project on Wednesday. This will allow construction to restart on the invasive carp barrier in Illinois, which officials say will prevent invasive carp from entering Lake…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (586+ words) The Alpena News Good progress, bad structure In 2007, Hugo Chavez sent men with rifles into the Orinoco Belt. They walked into oilfields Americans had surveyed, Americans had drilled and American engineering had made productive and told ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips to…...