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 ...

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 ...

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 — According to the City of Alpena, due to the amount of snow ahead of the ice storm and also anticipated overnight, the City of Alpena is asking the public to keep storm debris on their property and please do not place it on the curbs. The release stated that the City Department of ...

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 ...

According to a press release from Alpena Power Company (APC) on Monday, as of 5 a.m. approximately 65% of customers were without power. The release states that crews were addressing the outages and that the company had additional contract crews assisting. “This is another catastrophic ...