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Evacuation ongoing, two people injured in Alpena explosion

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ALPENA — The area around Clark Street and Merchant Street in Alpena is still under an evacuation due to a gas leak that caused an explosion earlier today that destroyed a home. According to Alpena Fire Chief Andy Marceau, DTE Energy is still on the scene, but the leaking gas is still not ...

Ice storm response update

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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 ...

House explodes in Alpena, evacuation underway

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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 ...

Déjà vu

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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 officials respond to ice storm

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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 ...

Consumers Energy moves crews, equipment into Northern Michigan

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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 ...