Kevin Kowalsky, 40, of Alpena, has been arrested for possessing child sexually abusive material.

The Michigan DNR is asking for the public to weigh in on the future development at the Rockport Recreation Area.

The chihuahua was not charged in the incident.

A field study is being conducted in Alpena County to see if an oral bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccine can help protect wild deer.

A from Alpena will spend the rest of his life in jail for the murders of a 17-year-old girl and a woman believed to have been involved in the teen's death.

A 25-year-old woman was taken into police custody after allegedly traveling 250 miles to Metro Detroit following a theft in Northern Michigan.

An Alcona County man is facing assault and domestic violence charges after police say he attacked a woman.

An Alpena man has been charged with assault after he secretly injected a woman's cigarettes with methamphetamine.

An Alpena County woman won a $6 million jackpot from a Michigan Lottery scratch-off ticket that she bought with a $30 prize from a different game.

This is the story of the Great Michigan Pizza Funeral of 1973, also known as the Great Pizza Burial.

An Alpena County man has his sights set on a lake house after winning $4 million playing the Michigan Lottery’s Diamond 7s instant game.

A Michigan man has been charged with the murder of a 2-year-old girl, officials said.

An arrest has been made after a dead 2-year-old girl was brought to a hospital in Alpena, according to Michigan State Police.

Lisa Marie Knight, a 29-year-old mother from Alpena County was last seen on June 8, 2012.

A Michigan man was arrested after he poured syrup in a couple’s fuel tank and caused their car to break down because they had gotten into an altercation, police said.

This is the story of the Great Michigan Pizza Funeral of 1973, also known as the Great Pizza Burial.

The following charts show confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in Alpena County, Michigan dating back to January 2020.

A Michigan father is charged with child abuse after bruises were found on two children he had been watching throughout the day, officials said.

A Harrison Township woman was killed and two others were injured over the weekend when a Jeep struck a stump and overturned in Northern Michigan, state police said.

ALPENA TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Michigan man used a debit card with his name on it to break into a home, then left the card inside and was later arrested, police said. When troopers got to the woman’s house, they found the door had been forced open using a debit card. They said a damaged debit card with Tanner’s name on it was found at the scene. AdTanner was being held at the Kent County Jail on unrelated charges, according to police. He was arraigned from the Kent County Jail on Thursday (March 4) and charged with second-degree home invasion.

ALPENA, Mich. – An Alpena man has been arrested and charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Michigan State Police were called to investigate a report of sexual abuse of a minor on Saturday. The abuse was reported to have began in 2018, police said. Police said the victim of the abuse reported it to her mother, who then contacted Child Protective Services. He was charged with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of accosting a child for immoral purposes.

ALPENA, Mich. – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the National Shooting Sports Foundation are offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the individuals responsible for a northern Michigan gun store burglary. According to authorities, the burglary happened at about 4:15 a.m., Nov. 21 at Full Bore Firearms, located on Crittenden Court in Alpena. Police said two unknown people threw a brick through the front glass window of the building and stole 49 firearms. The burglary is being investigated by officers with the ATF, Michigan State Police and Alpena County Sheriff’s Office. Anyone with information is asked to contact the ATF at 1-888-ATF-TIPS (888-283-8477), ATFTips@atf.gov or through the official ATF website here.