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ALPENA — According to Kevin Leonard, interim director of Michigan State University’s Native American Institute, Michigan has one of America’s most significant Native American populations. The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 data reveals Michigan ranks in the nation’s top 10 for Native American populations. The 2020...

Recent actions by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. Montmorency County Inmates lodged in Alpena County Jail: 7. 6:56 a.m.: An adjoining agency contacted us, they had an officer on a stop with a subject that had a warrant out of our jurisdiction. A deputy met the arresting officer to pick up the subject on our warrant and transported the subject to Alpena County Jail.

ALPENA — Northeast Michigan’s labor picture continued to improve last year. The region’s annualized unemployment rate stood at 6.2% in 2022, according to the most recent data available from the Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget. That’s improved from the 6.7% recorded in 2021 and vastly...

MONTMORENCY COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- In the past year, several northern Michigan counties and school districts have worked together to find the money to put resource officers back in schools. But some counties, including Montmorency, are still struggling with funding. Another story: Debates continue over funding for school resource officers.

CAMP GRAYLING, Mich, (WPBN/WGTU) -- Nothern Michigan communities are still waiting for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to make a decision on the proposed expansion of Camp Grayling. On Thursday, the Montmorency County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously in opposition of the expansion proposal. Prior story: Residents urge county...

ALPENA — The Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan recently awarded a new round of community grants covering a four-county area that includes Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency, and Presque Isle counties. The CFNEM Board of Trustees recently approved 58 new grants totaling $119,372. Of that amount, $89,972 was awarded in Community Impact Grants, and $29,400 was awarded in grants from the Northeast Michigan Youth Advisory Council.

The Sunset Project is nurturing a growing community of young artists, supporting both creativity and mental health in rural northeast Michigan’s Ogemaw, Montmorency, Oscoda, Iosco, Presque Isle, Alcona and Alpena counties. “Nothing like this has existed in northeast Michigan,” says one of its founders, Gavin MacDonald. “Typically, the rural...

Recent actions by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. Montmorency County Inmates lodged in Alpena County Jail: 7. 6:49 p.m.: A single vehicle roll over in Vienna Township was reported by the driver. MCSO deputies, Tri Township EMS, Vienna Fire and Albert Township Fire all responded to the scene. The driver was assessed for injuries, she had no injuries and was released by the ambulance.

Recent actions by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. Montmorency County Inmates lodged in Alpena County Jail: 7. 9:43 p.m.: Officers responded to a dispute on Avalon Dr. A male subject from Hillman was arrested and lodged in the Alpena County Jail. March 2.

MONTMORENCY COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- At a Montmorency County meeting, concerns were raised about the impact of Camp Grayling's proposed expansion. At roughly 148,000 acres, the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center is the largest National Guard training facility in the U.S. And the proposed expansion would add another 162,000...

MONTMORENCY COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A northern Michigan community is in need of more school resource officers. But for months, the sheriff's department and the county's board of commissioners have disagreed over funding. School in Montmorency County, including Hillman Community Schools and Atlanta Community Schools, got a grant from the...

Setting off an explosion that floods your neighbors’ property sounds bad. I guess it is bad. But I see how it might happen. Last month in northern Michigan’s Montmorency County, a man shoved a large block of Tannerite into a beaver dam near his property. Tannerite is a kind of explosive used in firearm targets. He fired several .308 rifle rounds at the payload until finally striking it. The resulting explosion atomized the erstwhile palace of rodentia castor canadensis.

Recent actions by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. Montmorency County Inmates lodged in Alpena County Jail: 10. 7:06 a.m.: A report of a vehicle in the ditch in Loud Township was called in to dispatch. Deputies responded to the scene to find the driver was intoxicated, she was arrested and lodged at Alpena County Jail.

This Michigan ghost town looks like any other countryside intersection, but at one time, there was a thriving community here. All that's left now is a church, a couple of foundations, an old original barn.....and a big rock. The former village of Big Rock in Briley Township, Montmorency County got...