ALPENA — Property owners in Alpena County who still have sticker shock from a property tax increase they received last year should brace for another bump in the coming months. A rise in equalized and taxable values countywide will result in higher tax bills for residential, commercial, ...

ALPENA — Michelle Bailey, the new executive director of Alpena-based homeless shelter Sunrise Mission, started her position on Jan. 5 and has used the past few months to learn how best to serve the community and the organization’s guests. After four months, Bailey learned how to help ...

ALPENA — Students at Pied Piper School get to show off their green thumbs and help people celebrate Mother’s Day weekend with their annual greenhouse sale on May 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and May 11 from 9:00 a.m. to noon in the Pied Piper Greenhouse at 444 Wilson St. in Alpena. ...

The Alpena High School boys’ golf team took third on Thursday at Lost Lake Woods for the Alcona Tigers Invitational. Their final score was 357, while the winner ended with 325. There were eight teams competing in total. Avery Spicer led the team with an 85. Junior varsity also competed, ...

Alpena has contracted with Veolia to begin the excavation of various customer service lines as part of the Distribution Materials Inventory pertaining to lead water lines. On May 20, Veolia’s subcontractor is set to begin the process of identifying approximately 357 randomly selected ...

Alpena County is seeking candidates to be appointed County Commissioner for District No. 2. Interested candidates must submit an application and letter of interest to the Alpena County Commissioner’s Office. The term of this appointment is until the end of this year. To be eligible, the ...