Alpena

The Alpena County Facilities, Capital & Strategic Planning Committee voted unanimously to have the recycling authority remove the bins after it was discovered that they sit on property Besser had deeded to the county to use solely for soccer. The committee also says trash and other non-recycled materials are often left outside the bins, making the property look unmaintained.

The STARBASE program entered its fiscal year in October without a budget after the U.S. House and Senate could not agree on a funding plan. Now, the four-person staff in Alpena is furloughed indefinitely, and it's uncertain whether the center will reopen.

STARBASE is a program run by the Department of Defense that hosts sessions for students to learn about science, math and engineering through applied practice.

An Alpena student is trying to reduce textile waste and raise awareness on sustainable clothing in her community through a series of local projects.

The Alpena City Fire Department is praising a group of citizens and emergency workers for saving an 80-year-old man's life.

Newcomer Todd Britton and incumbent Travis Konarzewski have been chosen as the Republican nominees for Alpena County Board of Commissioners seats, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s primary election.

The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly is expanding their statewide reach in the greater Alpena area. Senior citizens will also be able to receive at-home care through the PACE center.

Covering 11 counties in the region, the assessment is being conducted by Bowen National Research, a company that specializes in real estate research. The company has conducted nearly a hundred housing needs assessments across the country, with the average assessment lasting between four to six months.

It's cruise ship season, which mean means ships have begun docking off the coast of several Michigan communities and unloading passengers. Northeast Michigan has seen a rise in tourism and in economic development thanks to one of these cruise lines, Viking Cruises.

April through October of every year is "kitten season," and shelters in Michigan and seeing the effects as space fills up. Second Chance Animal Shelter in Alpena comments on how the flood of kittens is impacting them.