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jriddle@thealpenanews.com News Photo by Julie Riddle Thomas Guthrie, appearing virtually from a correctional facility in Muskegon Heights, listens to defense attorney Bill Pfeifer on Monday in Alpena’s 26th Circuit Court. ALPENA — Two men accused of leading police on a high-speed chase in Alpena after furnishing fake prescriptions considered their options in Alpena’s 26th Circuit Court on Monday. If Mickale Williams, 22, accepts a proffered plea deal, Alpena County Prosecutor Cynthia Musz...

jriddle@thealpenanews.com News Photo by Julie Riddle Donald Grooms, one of at least 11 people arrested on drug charges in Alpena County in January, appears in the 26th Circuit Court on Monday. ALPENA — Two jail inmates will have to wait to tie the knot after a request for a jailhouse wedding was turned down in Alpena’s 26th Circuit Court on Monday. Nikolas Niezgoda, an inmate of the Alpena County Jail since Jan. 5, requested through attorney Ron Bayot that he be allowed to marry female inma...

jriddle@thealpenanews.com Courtesy Photo A collage of mugshots provided by Michigan State Police and the Alpena County Jail shows, from left to right: Nikolas Niezgoda, Stehnes Yennior, Aaron Bissonette, Chad Kamen, Nathaniel Pratt, Devon Churchfield, and Joshua Carr. ALPENA — Seven Alpena-area drug arrests in two days highlight the problem of narcotics funneled into the Alpena area, according to a news release from the Huron Undercover Narcotics Team. On Jan. 5, a car stopped by Alpena Polic...