ALPENA — Police and fire personnel in Alpena are evacuating the area of Clark Street and Merchant Street on Alpena’s northside after a house exploded. The blast happened at about 11:30 a.m and was felt and heard in downtown Alpena. The Alpena News reporter on scene said there is a strong ...

ALPENA — Alpena County Emergency Operations continues to meet and respond to Sunday’s ice storm and have released information about where people can go to warm up and charge their devices and other critical information. In a press release on Tuesday, it was announced that the Alpena ...

ALPENA — There will be a print edition of The Alpena News for Wednesday but the delivery of the paper to its customers is dependent on the status of the Alpena Post Office, which is still without power as of Tuesday at 4:45 p.m. Subscribers who do not receive a paper on Wednesday are ...

ALPENA – Residents in Northeast Michigan may have woken up on Monday with a case of déjà vu. With the wounds from last year’s ice storm not fully healed, mother nature hit the replay button and doused a portion of Northeast Michigan with another round of damaging ice. Alpena Mayor ...

ALPENA — Alpena County and Alcona are once again facing a long recovery after a second severe ice storm in a year devastated the Alpena area on Sunday. As of 9:24 a.m. Monday, over 83% of Alpena Power Company’s customers are without power., according to preliminary data on the utility’s ...

MICHIGAN – On Monday, Consumers Energy reported in a press release that crews, equipment, and support resources were in place across Northern Michigan as communities recover from severe weather over the weekend. As of Monday, high winds were expected to continue and the company anticipated ...