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2026 bagged lawn material and brush schedule

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ALPENA — Beginning in 2026, composting bags will be required for lawn waste to be picked up curbside, according to a City of Alpena press release on Wednesday. Plastic bags will not be collected. According to the release, the use of the bags “brings multiple benefits to the city’s composting program.” The city states that the composting bags eliminate landfilling the black plastic bags, and speeds up the composting process. The most common brown paper composting lawn bags are locally available at retailers. Nov. 2 is the final brush pickup for the season. Nov. 30 or Dec. ...

Horton bound over on possession of methamphetamine charge

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HARRISVILLE — Sabrina Horton, 23, was bound over on a charge of possession of methamphetamine after waiving her preliminary examination on Wednesday in the 81st District Court in Alcona. She was arrested for possession of methamphetamine on Sept. 18. Horton was found in possession of the ...

More warnings needed to prevent winter drownings, study says

Michigan News

LANSING – Ice-related drowning deaths are often associated with snowmobile use and are preventable, according to a recent study from the University of Michigan. Research investigator Peter Larson, one of the authors of the study, said there are prevention methods for snowmobilers to avoid ...

Winter parking hours reminder, City of Alpena

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ALPENA — The City of Alpena Police Department are reminding city residents that vehicles cannot be parked on city streets between the hours of 3 and 6 a.m. from Nov. 1 through April 1, according to a City of Alpena press release on Wednesday. This prohibition is necessary so that the city ...

How small businesses thrive on Mackinac Island

Michigan News

LANSING – It’s a beautiful fall day and you don’t hear any cars, just the clip-clop of horses. A horse-drawn carriage strolls down the Main Street bringing tourists to an age of simplicity and an old-world ambiance. “You can hear people talking and laughing and actually having ...

Alpena County voters to decide veteran’s services millage renewal

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ALPENA – Alpena County voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to renew the property tax that pays for the county's Department of Veterans Affairs, an office its director says helped bring more than $40 million in veterans benefits and services into the county last year. The proposal would renew ...