The 4th time may prove to be the charm.

Alpena Public Schools is talking with the AMA-ESD and its member school districts to see if there is support for a regional enhancement millage.

The Alpena County finance committee Wednesday, agreed to spend an additional $49,500 on a secret project for the airport.

The pilot of a small airplane that crashed in the shallow waters of a downstate lake over the weekend, is from Alpena.

The Pepsi Company and several local retailers pitched in Wednesday, to clean up the island at Duck Park in Alpena.

Alpena Public Schools is hosting a kickoff event for its Parent Math Academy.

Northern Michigan residents have an opportunity to appear before the Natural Resources Commission, which is meeting in Onaway Friday.

State Rep. Peter Pettalia is looking for local students attending a downstate college who would like to work at his Lansing office as an intern.

The state says Michigan’s jobless rate has hit its lowest level since summer 2008 amid employment gains and stable workforce levels.

For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.