WCMU-Alpena News

Gone to Pieces Quilt Guild of Alpena recently celebrated it's 30th anniversary. Members come from all over Northeast Michigan to be part of a community that inspires one another, and create quilts for charity's.

For both WCMU News and The Alpena News, interviews were conducted with residents and visitors of Alpena to gauge the uniqueness and misconceptions of the town they love.

A team of two graduate students and collaborators from Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, other universities and even Germany, are conducting studies on a 75-foot sinkhole in Alpena that resembles Earth's lack of oxygen over two billion years ago.

Researchers say there are 24 species of fireflies in Michigan. Currently none are at the risk of extinction, however, residents have seen less fireflies over the years, and this can be due to several reasons.

The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie personnel is conducting a full-scale environmental response training today at the Carmeuse facility in Rogers City.

Alpena's Fresh Wave art initiative brings two new murals to the downtown alleyways to inspire and bring fresh art to the community.

Alpena's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary returns with its Festival of Sail at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center this weekend.

The Presque Isle County Board of Commissioners held its monthly meeting last week and for the first time in three years received a public update on the Sstar Ridge Run-Energy Wind Farm — now known as the Moltke Ridge Wind Farm project.

Tim Ward is biking 2400 miles across the state to spread awareness and raise donations under the initiative Tracing Michigan by Chance for Life. The nonprofit organization works with prisons in Michigan to develop decision making and critical thinking skills for inmates to prepare them to adapt to daily life.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bi-partisan bill on July 11 that expands eligibility requirements for guardians of children within the Tribal community to receive financial assistance.