ESCANABA Survivors of domestic and sexual violence will share their stories at 6 p.m. Oct. 25 at Bay College’s Besse Center. The free “Remember Me: End
ESCANABA Survivors of domestic and sexual violence will share their stories at 6 p.m. Oct. 25 at Bay College’s Besse Center. The free “Remember Me: End
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The Bark River-Harris Leo Club recently made a donation to Tri County Safe Harbor from its club fund raising efforts. As young members of Lions Club International they are concerned with giving back to their community and are striving to make a difference. The word Leo stands for Leadership, Experience and Opportunity. The Leo Club program helps students to grow as individuals and as leaders in their community. Pictured are Kassey Labadie, treasurer of the Bark River-Harris Leo Club and Erin Viau, executive director of Tri County Safe Harbor.
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Alpena County either excels at supporting sexual assault survivors or has a serious sex crime problem.
Over the past five years, Alpena County police received more than 300 reports of sexual assaults including rape, unwanted sexual touching, and other forced sex acts making sex assaults the most prevalent violent crime in our area, according to Michigan State Police data.
The data also suggests we might have more of a problem than other communities: The assaults reported here over the last five years work out to 1,102 assaults per 100,000 residents, double the statewide rate (Alpena County’s per-capita rate shows more assaults than actually reported because we have fewer than 100,000 residents).