On Tuesday, our 10-year-old hugged us both tightly — her mom twice just before she left to teach, and me just before she got on the bus. I’m thankful that she still wants to hug and hold my hand ...

Thunder Bay Theatre will host an event Saturday at which officials hope to raise $25,000 toward its renovation after two devastating fires. A Speakeasy Cabaret event begins at 6 p.m. Saturday at ...

DETROIT (AP) — A man accused of stealing $44 million from a Detroit nonprofit group pleaded guilty Friday to financial crimes that stunned the organization and forced some delays in a major riverfront ...

ALPENA — Lost Lake Woods Club of Lincoln recently wrapped up their annual Chair-ity Auction event, raising more than $1,000 ...

Have you ever seen a totem pole? The most beautiful totems I have seen are mounted in Stanley Park in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, my home for five years. On those particular totems are a ...

A year after turning to comedian Jimmy Kimmel for the second time to host their big show, the Academy Awards will pivot to another familiar TV funnyman — Conan O’Brien. “America demanded it and now it ...

Good or bad, the United Nations climate negotiations process itself became the focus of the international talks that aim to curb warming from coal, oil and natural gas. Environmental advocates ...

Traffic signal work will begin Thursday at the intersection of 3rd Avenue and Bagley Street/Hobbs Drive, Alpena city government said in a news release Friday. The work could last two or three days, ...

So where does Alpena County go from here? That is the question residents have been contemplating since last week, with the defeat — by just 129 votes — of a proposed property tax hike. Perhaps adding ...

News Photo by Leslianne Johns Alpena High School’s Brody Misiak, left, addresses the puck before assisting Clark Weir with ...

Alpena city crews are fanning out around downtown Alpena, stringing streetlamps with holiday lights. At Culligan Plaza in the center of downtown, a lift truck raises crewmembers to wrap the official ...