ALPENA — The Alpena High School Wildcats varsity hockey team bounced back from a tough 7-6 shootout loss to Mattawan on Friday with a solid 4-2 win against Caledonia on Saturday night. Saturday’s game began with Caledonia controlling the first period. Tony Kauffman scored with just ...
ALPENA — Santa Claus’ schedule is pretty hectic these days as he is busy finalizing plans for Christmas, but he made time to visit Alpena during the annual Bolenz Jewelry Holiday Parade and the Alpena Christmas tree-lighting ceremony downtown on Friday night. Long lines of people fought ...
ALPENA — Inspired by Little Free Libraries, the Free Little Art Gallery trend is catching on and has even made its way to Alpena. Janaica Anderson found the idea on social media where she’s connected with several artists around the state and seen how they’ve created or contributed to ...
Bailey Barr recently joined the Northeast Michigan Materials Management Authority as the recycling group’s first executive director. Barr is an Alpena native and is actively involved with the community. He holds an associate’s degree in business management from Alpena Community College ...
ALPENA — Small businesses around Northeast Michigan welcome the heavy holiday shopper foot traffic they see during the weekend after Thanksgiving. For most local businesses, Black Friday and Small Business Saturday today and Saturday are key to their bottom line before the less productive ...