Council rejects goose hunt, requests additional data

August 27, 2026

ALPENA - The Alpena Municipal Council on Monday unanimously rejected a staff recommendation to hold a controlled Canada goose hunt this fall, leaving the city without an authorized hunt inside city limits for a second…

Utility-scale solar project in Alcona County in limbo

ALPENA — Gustin Township in Alcona County denied a special use permit on Aug. 6 which would have allowed the…

APS board meeting rundown

ALPENA — The annual handbooks and code of conduct were approved, among other agenda items at the Alpena Public Schools…

A hummingbird’s heaven

Quilt Guild meeting

ALPENA - The Gone To Pieces Quilt Guilt will meet on Sept. 3 at the First United Methodist Church in…

Presque Isle Township Fire Department open house

PRESQUE ISLE — The Presque Isle Township Fire Department is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its reestablishment and it will…

Local Sports

New Year but the same old song?

The song, "Here we go again" has kept playing in his head. Swami says…

Alpena boys soccer falls 1-0 to Traverse City Central in tight Big North battle

Friends Together named Detroit Red Wings Charity of the Game

Alpena golf results

Editorials and columns

Over $40 trillion in debt - Blame dysfunctional parents (our government)

One could truly say that when it comes to spoiling Americans, the Democrats and the Republicans both rush to outdo the other as in a dysfunctional family. They are like bad parents who are competing for a child's love. The father is trying to be nicer to the child than the mother. And when…

Abdul El-Sayed has a problem. Well, he actually has a bunch of problems, including his history…

Abdul El-Sayed still loves hasan piker

Grateful for a smooth permitting process

Goon days at the Federal Communications Commission: Trump tries to muzzle ABC

Letters to the Editor

Support the police, not the criminal

I could not believe what I read in the Friday, July 24 edition of The Alpena News. When growing up in Massachusetts in the 1940s, criminals were treated as criminals and law enforcement was honored and respected. That is when we had a decent Republic. Today, we are experiencing a rapidly spreading disease called…

It didn’t surprise me when the news broke that Monica Dziesinski had hired an elite downstate…

Let the voters decide

Alpena deserves to ask a serious question: How much of this are we expected to tolerate…

When elected officials answer citizens with attorneys

On April 22nd, I was involved in a fender bender in the front of my house.…

Concern about crash, Rogers City officials

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