LANSING – Public education advocates are pushing for more per-pupil state aid to schools in high-poverty areas and isolated rural communities and for special education students. Alex Stamm is the education policy analyst at the Michigan League for Public Policy, a research and advocacy ...

The Alpena News business office will not open until noon tomorrow, Monday, March 16.

Due to severe winter weather conditions impacting Northern Michigan, our newspaper will not be printed or delivered on Monday. The safety of our employees, carriers, and distribution teams remains our top priority during these extreme conditions. Subscribers will still have full access to ...

ALPENA — Earlier this week, police personnel from Alpena County’s law enforcement agencies participated in a three-day training session learning the proper protocol for forensic interviews of children. State law requires anyone that interviews children of suspected child abuse or neglect ...

ALPENA — The Alpena County Courts and Public Safety Committee will meet on Monday at 4 p.m. in the Howard Male Conference Room inside the county’s annex building. The meeting is also available via Zoom. The meeting password and agenda are available on the county’s website. This meeting ...

ALPENA – The forecast as we move into next week looks like a repeat of the last few days in Northeast Michigan. With another weather system moving in, Harold Dippman, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Gaylord said the Alpena area is in store for foul weather. As Friday’s ...