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Ripley Boulevard infrastructure work

ALPENA - Beginning today, contractors will be doing storm sewer infrastructure work on Ripley Boulevard, between 1st Avenue and 2nd Avenue. Both northbound lanes will be closed. Traffic will have lane shifts to keep from closing road down completely. Signage and barricades will be present to guide traffic around the lane closure, but motorists are advised to seek alternate routes. This work is expected to be completed in one day unless weather or construction delays occur.

Alpena Chamber nearing fireworks goal, seeks help

ALPENA — The Alpena Area Chamber of Commerce is getting close to meeting its fundraising goal for the annual fireworks display in Alpena on July 3. In a press release, the Chamber says it is now just under $4,000 away from fully funding the fireworks show. The Chamber says in the press ...

A donation to the Alpena ROV team

Nicolet Bank thanks Alpena community

Whitmer announces Summer Reading Road Trip, partners with public libraries to keep students reading all summer

LANSING – On Wednesday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the Summer Reading Road Trip, an accessible summer-long reading challenge created in partnership with public libraries to keep students reading this summer. Beginning June 24th, Michigan students PreK through 12th grade are invited to ...

Lifelong Learners to visit museum

ALPENA — The Association of Lifelong Learners (ALL) will explore the newest exhibit on Monday from 1:30 p.m. until 3 p.m. The newest exhibit shows the history and heritage of the Great Lakes fisheries, how they have been threatened by invasive species, and the need for citizen ...