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Sunrise Mission and Rebel Roots Hair Studio Provided Free Haircuts To Alpena Residents.
Sunrise Mission offered free haircuts and beard trimmings to residents of the Alpena community. “We have five hairstylists that are professional and very experienced that are coming in to offer haircuts and beard cuts, to various members of the community, including some of our residents” said Michelle Bailey, Executive Director of Sunrise Mission.
Nature’s Kingdom Conservation Rehabs Orphaned and Injured Wildlife To Release Back Into The Wild
Nature’s Kingdom Conservation in Herron, is dedicated to rehabilitating orphaned and injured wildlife and releasing them back into the wild. “We just did a release on two little bunnies. They were actually brought in at two different times. Both of their nests were disturbed by dogs and the other siblings killed. And so, then we got to rehabilitate them back. I just kept them like two extra weeks, and actually, they wouldn’t take a bottle because their eyes were already open. So I offered them dishes of milk and then, pellets and different greens and we just nursed them back to health and let them go” said Michelle Sobek, Owner of Nature’s Kingdom Conservation.
Oscoda Area Schools bond would upgrade facilities, construct a community center
OSCODA, Mich. (WJRT) - Residents in Oscoda will decide on upgrades to the schools, plus the construction of a community center. It's a big ask, but residents won't see an increase in their taxes. The district is asking to borrow a little more than $20 million, but this is what...
Alpena Downtown Development Authority Awards Grants to Local Businesses
Big changes are coming to the downtown area. The Alpena Downtown Development Authority has awarded over $200,000 in grants to five businesses in the downtown area for facade transformation. The DDA received a $400,000 grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to contribute to facade renovations throughout the downtown district. These changes to the downtown Alpena area will bring in more revenue and make the aesthetic of the area look even more beautiful than it already does.
ACC Concrete Tech Students Put Their Skills To The Test In A Concrete Canoe Race
Students from the Alpena Community College concrete tech program, built and raced canoes they built out of concrete in the Northern Lights Arena pond. “It actually comes out of the American Society of Civil Engineers, they do concrete canoe races and so, we kind of implement it into our precast, prestress concrete” said Eric Kennedy, instructor of Alpena Community College, concrete tech program.
Staying safe and healthy this tick season
MID-MICHIGAN (WJRT)- The weather's warming up, which means tick season is underway. According to the CDC, the disease-carrying Deer Tick, also known as the Black-Legged Tick, has established itself in Bay, Gladwin, Huron, Iosco, and Tuscola counties. And after a warm winter, the For-Mar Nature Preserve in Burton thinks the...
Trip to visit a friend at work lands Iosco County woman a $316K Lottery win
LANSING, MI -- An Iosco County woman may owe a friend of hers a dinner or two after she won a $316,854 Fast Cash jackpot while visiting him at work. “I like playing Fast Cash and all Lottery games,” said the 72-year-old winner who chose to remain anonymous. “A friend of mine works at the gas station, so I stopped in one day to see him. While I was there, I told him to get me a Fast Cash ticket.
College or trade? How one teenage mechanic found a middle ground
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI – Richard Brooks was taken by the world of cars and mechanics back in sixth grade. It was working on his friend’s dad’s 1967 Mustang and 1987 Foxbody that “got the gears rolling,” he said. Brooks, 18 and a Lincoln High School...
The Sunset Project shines a light on the importance of mental health help
ALPENA COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Today, I want to share a personal story with you. Sawyer Boyd, a childhood friend of mine from my hometown of Alpena, died by suicide on August 28, 2016. That day, so many lives changed, including those of his...
The Alpena Senior Citizens Center and Compassus Hospice Conducted A Dementia Tour Simulation
Compassus Hospice helped the Alpena Senior Citizens Center put together a Dementia tour simulation. “So today, we’re doing what we call the virtual Dementia tour. It is an evidence based, program where people actually get to experience what it might be like if they had Dementia. And we do that by garbing people up with different things that affect their different senses” said Teri Rapp, a Hospice liaison at Compassus Hospice.
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