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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
ALPENA — Forty-five years ago, Alpena Public Schools students and the majority of staff, were on a short hiatus after school shut down on “Black Friday,” October 16, 1981. The schools were forced to close due to budgetary issues after three local millages failed. A fourth millage passed ...
ROGERS CITY – Presque Isle County voters will decide Tuesday whether to approve a new property tax to help pay for three local history museums. The proposal asks for up to 0.25 mill for five years, from 2027 through 2031. If approved and levied, it would raise an estimated $274,300 in ...
