Barb From Joanne Jacobson Burns, Crystal Falls: On the banks of the Paint River in Crystal Falls next to the dam at the bottom of 6th Street is a veterans park. In that park are three plaques honoring local men killed in the Vietnam and Iraq wars. There is also a beautiful rock garden ...

Wisconsin is conducting its annual Think Smart Before You Start campaign, which is aimed at making ATV and UTV trail and route systems safer for everyone. Today through Sunday, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources conservation wardens and local law enforcement will be on trails and ...

When the calendar turns to the month of August, parents of small children everywhere know that many of those little ones will soon be taking their seats in kindergarten classrooms for the first time. Like a lot of things, kindergarten has changed over the years. Here is a generalized list of ...

While much of the Upper Peninsula has evaded the brutal and deadly heat waves that have been prevalent around the country this summer, we aren’t totally insulated from the concerning trend of rising temperatures around the world. According to the Associated Press, July 22, 2024, broke the ...

Two milligrams of fentanyl — the equivalent of about 11 grains of salt — can kill a person, Brian McNeal, spokesman for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Detroit Division, told Alpena News staff writer Steve Schulwitz for a recent story. And about seven out of every 10 ...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with Michigan 211, has launched a new website dedicated to increasing access to grief and bereavement support services and resources. “There was a need for a statewide system to support individuals dealing with the loss of ...