The Alpena County Finance Ways & Means Committee meeting opened on a somber note Tuesday morning, with an announcement that Commissioner David Karschnick Sr. had passed away late Monday night.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has struck down the appeal of an Alpena man who is arguing that the imposition of lifetime registration as a sex offender violates the state prohibition on cruel or unusual punishment.

State officials say the fire danger across all of northeast Michigan will be “very high” over the next few days.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help raise money needed to send an Alpena High School (AHS) robotics team to the World Championships in Houston, Texas.

State Representative Cam Cavitt is holding informal office hours this month, in Alcona, Montmorency, and Oscoda counties.

For the second week in a row Michigan motorists are paying more at the pumps.