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The city is born, but mistakes were made; can we regroup? Anne Buckvold The arrival of I-94 changed everything. “Do you accept the challenge of development? Or let someone else do it?” These thoughts ran through Jerry Weyren’s head as he watched the 460-acre family farm take its first beating. As the highway department surveyed the west end of the farm, Jerry surveyed that whole situation. Realizing he could continue in agriculture or accept the challenge, he decided to get things organized. “I almost got run out of the building! They wanted to know who that young punk was that wanted...

sschulwitz@thealpenanews.com News Photo Steve Schulwitz Alpena Township Clerk Michele Palevich proudly shows off pictures of her family while at work Monday. She is already planning for a special election, which is part of her job. ALPENA — Townships come in various sizes and have different numbers of employees to run them. That can make the day-to-day jobs involved in running one township very different from the jobs needed to run another. Three township trustees from around Northeast Michigan talked to The News about those and other issues: BIG-PICTURE, WHAT IS YOUR JOB? Laura Hilla, t...

Recent actions by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. MONTMORENCY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Update on Mar

Jan. 11 12:47p.m.: A welfare check was requested; contact was made with the subject, everything was fine. 1:32 p.m.: While on routine patrol a MCSO deputy initiated a traffic stop in Albert Township, the driver was found to be driving on a suspended license. He was lodged. 4:42 p.m.: On a routine patrol, a deputy with MCSO initiated a traffic stop in Albert Township, the driver was found to be driving without insurance and on a suspended license. Subject was lodged. 7:45 p.m.: Hillman Fire & EMS responded to a one vehicle rollover on M-32 in Alpena County. No one was injured.