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Possible Strong Storms For This Weekend
Alpena MI – Today was mostly sunny and mild, daytime highs were in the 50s. This weekend temperatures will be much warmer with showers and storms. We are in the slight risk for severe weather for Saturday. Tonight clouds will increase with showers developing with overnight lows in the 40s. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with showers & thunderstorms in the area; some storms could be strong and because of that we are under a slight risk of severe weather.
3-D printer, more coming to Lincoln high school through new manufacturing program
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI – Lincoln high school students will prepare for careers that do not require four-year degrees through a new technical program focused on manufacturing. The main goal of the program is to get students skills they need for advanced manufacturing, which can lead to jobs in the auto, energy and medical industries, among others, and fuel the local workforce.
One dead, three injured in I-75 construction zone crash
Springfield Twp. — On April 13, the Michigan State Police Detroit Regional Communication Center was notified of a minor four car hit and run crash that occurred in the left lane of Northbound I-75 South of the East Holly Road bridge. The section of highway is currently a construction zone.
Viking softballers split with Soo, drop two to Alpena
Grayling’s varsity girls softball team was able to protect an early lead and held off Sault Ste. Marie for a first-game victory April 15, 8-7. The Vikings could not get past the Blue Devils in the second game, falling 10-8. In the opener, Grayling scored six runs in the first inning and built a 7-0 lead through three innings. Sault […]
ACC Basketball: Way-too-early power rankings for 2024-25 season
The 2023-24 season has completed and for ACC Basketball, it was another successful postseason. Of the five teams that made the NCAA Tournament, four of them made the Sweet 16, and three to the Elite 8. NC State's second straight upset over Duke in March capped their Cinderella run to the Final Four to represent the league.
Vikings split with Oscoda, swept by Flying G’s Monday
Grayling split a pair of non-conference varsity baseball games at Oscoda Friday. The Vikings fell to the owls in the opener, 5-3, but rebounded with a 10-2 win in the second game. Corbin Allen pitched the opener, going 4 ⅔ innings and giving up three hits and five runs (zero earned) while striking out nine and walking two. In the […]
Who’s running against Jack Bergman in Michigan’s 1st Congressional District?
U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman faces two Republican primary challengers in Michigan’s 1st Congressional District. Two Democratic candidates also competing in the conservative district. District includes all or part of 36 counties in Upper Peninsula and the northern Lower Peninsula. In Michigan’s northernmost congressional district, U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman aims...
Northern Michigan faces rising Lyme disease threat
CHARLEVOIX — With the early arrival of warm weather, residents should take heed of the rising rate of ticks in Northern Michigan that can transmit Lyme disease. The bacterial infection is becoming more prevalent in the region, with an increase in reports associated with its parasitic carrier, the black-legged tick, according to the Health Department of Northwest Michigan's Medical Director Dr. Joshua Meyerson.
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