The second day for Alpena Robotics Team 5505 at Lake City’s District Competition arrived on Sunday, and it wasn’t looking good for Alpena as they were about to face some hard competition in their upcoming matches. “Saturday had a pretty lucky schedule, so we were ranked pretty high, ...

An 87-year-old Rogers City man was seriously injured when he was struck by a dirt bike while on his way to check his mail on Saturday. The crash happened at about 7 p.m. on County Road 451 in Presque Isle County, according to a Monday press release from the Michigan State Police. The man was ...

ALPENA — Alpena received nearly double the amount of snow last month than the long-term average for February, preliminary monthly data from the National Weather Service shows. For a good portion of the month, barely a day went by that there weren’t at least lake effect flurries that ...

ALPENA — All Saints Catholic School moved into a new building this school year, only to find out it would need some extra work. They had grown out of their old building located on the North side of town, Principal Melissa Doubek said. The school moved to their new location at St. John ...

This past weekend Alpena High School’s robotics team traveled to Lake City to compete in the first of two regional competitions. On Saturday, they battled 21 of the 37 robotics teams, in eight qualification matches, and ended the day with a 7-1-0 record. The team started Sunday’s ...

The Alpena High School hockey team won the quarterfinals on Saturday in Gaylord with a 5-2 win over Petoskey. With the win, the Wildcats advance to the semifinals on Friday in Plymouth. See the full story from Saturday's game in Monday's edition of The News.