OSCODA – At their regular Nov. 22 meeting the Oscoda Township Board of Trustees unanimously approved scheduling a hearing for public input regarding the township’s proposed 2022 budget.
TAWAS CITY – Alpena Comunity College (ACC) and Ascension St. Joseph of Tawas are restarting a clinicals program for prospective nursing students.
OSCODA – The following is the second of a two-part story on the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) updates associated with the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base (WAFB)/Oscoda area. A town hall meeting was hosted recently by the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART), and last week’…
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LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel – in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Andrew Birge, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Matthew Schneider, the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Michigan State Police – announced …
TAWAS CITY – The Tawas Area hockey team opened up its season on Wednesday, Nov. 17, at home against Cadillac at the Tawas Bay Ice Arena. The Braves made things interesting at times, but it was the Vikings that came away with a 10-4 victory.
OSCODA – The Oscoda Owls Soccer Teams held their Awards Celebration at Desi’s Restaurant on Sunday.
EAST LANSING – One of the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s (MHSAA) most popular programs, the Scholar-Athlete Award, will again with Farm Bureau Insurance present 32 $2,000 scholars…
OSCODA – Coming in to last week’s Division 3 volleyball district tournament at Whittemore-Prescott, it appeared that Oscoda was the odds-on favorite to win their first district championship si…
OSCODA – The Oscoda volleyball team made the trip to Mt. Morris for an invitational on Saturday, the second time this season the Lady Owls have played there for a tournament this season. Oscod…
LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general showing support for the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) efforts to reduce illegal robocallers’ access to legitimate phone numbers, which results in unending robocalls that scam people…
TAWAS CITY – The Tawas City Fire Department (TCFD), along with the East Tawas Fire Department (ETFD), were dispatched to a structure fire on Nov. 6, at approximately 1:45 p.m.
LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is issuing a consumer alert as part of the Department of Justice’s Money Mule Awareness Campaign, which runs through the end of November.
HALE – Troopers with the Michigan State Police (MSP) West Branch Post are continuing their investigation into the death of Yvonne Aleta Helton, 76, Hale.
EAST TAWAS – A structure fire in the garage of an East Tawas residence was reported last Wednesday, Nov. 10, shortly after 3 p.m.
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EAST TAWAS – Summerfeld Pottery and local volunteer potters will hold the annual Tawas Empty Bowls event on Saturday, Dec. 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Tawas Bay Art Gallery, 302 Newman St. in East Tawas.
CADILLAC – With the holidays fast approaching, the Huron-Manistee National Forests are offering a free Christmas Tree tag to any fourth grade student with the Every Kid Outdoors pass.
ALPENA – On the heels of the upcoming popular shopping days of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, comes Giving Tuesday.
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