12+ hour, 23+ min ago   (649+ words) LANSING -- The eastern massasauga rattlesnake is the only native venomous snake in Michigan -- but the state Department of Natural Resources says it has not killed anybody here in over a century. Now, the DNR is asking the public to stop…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (416+ words) The Alpena News When history walks through the door I used to like my job. Now I love it. When I first became a collections manager five years ago, I was fresh out of college with a bachelor's degree in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (543+ words) This campaign emphasizes the importance of returning to the basics of preparedness and encourages the public to take these four key actions to prepare for any disaster: – Know the different types of emergencies that could happen and appropriate responses to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (284+ words) The diagnosis was not a surprise – well, yes it was, because like many men with a health issue we try to deny it, or delay treatment when everyone knows that “early detection” is critical to a cure. I chose the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (828+ words) LANSING -- While health officials urge people to stay indoors due to the smoke draping the Midwest, experts say we should remember that the same polluted air affecting humans also threatens animals. On July 16, Detroit ranked as the city with the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (841+ words) A new school year always seems to bring a little bit of everything, excitement, nervousness, new routines, busy mornings, and maybe even a few missing shoes or forgotten lunch boxes. For children, the first few weeks are about getting used…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (740+ words) Sandwiched between today's technology and Alpena's first telephone were land lines. Well over three decades ago land lines transmitted facsimiles and connected you to the internet via noisy dialup. Going back further in years, the telephones were once touch tones…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (491+ words) ALPENA -- The Alpena Senior Citizens Center has had a steady increase in the amount of seniors who are taking advantage of the health, fitness, and recreation programs it hosts. Interactive exercise classes have become very popular and the number of…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (829+ words) Long before cell phones invaded every school in the state driving down student attention spans to lower than the balance in your checkboo, about the only way students back in the day could ignore the teacher was to hide a…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (370+ words) On Aug. 10, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill allowing abortion at any point in pregnancy. Abortion advocates call it “closing the gaps” in “abortion rights protections.” Abortion foes call it “abortion until birth,” making it legal to dismember fully…...