Hundreds of years ago, the Ottawa people called it Ken-O-Sha, or “water of the walleye” — a 26-mile tributary of Michigan’s Grand River where the fish were abundant. Today it’s known as Plaster Creek, ...

At Damascus’ international airport, the new head of security — one of the rebels who marched across Syria to the capital — arrived with his team. The few maintenance workers who showed up for work ...

The Blue Knights is an international organization with chapters worldwide. The Blue Knight Chapter for Northeast Michigan is ...

Courtesy Photo Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary celebrated their volunteers last week and named their Volunteer of the ...

News Photo by Steve Schulwitz Alpena Sports Booster Club member Jacky Werth reads off the name of one of the lucky winners ...

When Frank Riley heard of the devastation happening in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene flooded and wiped out numerous ...

MyMichigan Health, the Midland-based owner of the Alpena hospital, has named Marissa Palmer as chief nursing ...

Nizam Abazid is gleefully planning his first trip in decades to Syria, where he grew up. Rama Alhoussaini was only 6 years old when her family moved to the U.S., but she’s excited about the prospect ...

The Alpena Municipal Council has a chance to put the decade-old litigation with Alpena Township over water and sewer rates to rest tonight. It also has an opportunity to reshape Alpena’s shoreline, if ...

South Korea’s opposition leader offered Sunday to work with the government to ease the political tumult as officials sought to reassure allies and markets, a day after the opposition-controlled ...

As The News reported recently in its series “Hunting in decline,” fewer hunters head out into the woods these days, potentially hampering the economy as fewer people buy hunting supplies, food, and ...

Alpena’s boy wrestlers traveled Saturday morning to compete in their first individual tournament this season, the Dons ...