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Alcona softball takes two wins on Thursday

Alcona High School softball takes two wins on Thursday against AuGres. In game one, the Tigers took a 13-0 win. Miah Schopfer was on the mound and threw a no-hitter. She pitched five innings, striking out six, and walking two. Offensively, Addison Beatty and Claire Somers added two ...

Alpena sets lawn waste and brush pickup times

Alpena has set the first bagged lawn material and brush pickup for the 2024 season for May 6 through May 10. Pickup will last all five weekdays and there are no assigned sections by weekday. Crew members will start where they left off previously. The Public Works Service Center, located at ...

Alpena Police Department provides free gun locks

The Alpena Police Department will be providing local residents with free gun locks at the Public Safety Building on Chisholm Street. Gun locks will be provided in the lobby area during business hours. The department encourages everyone who owns a firearm to store it safely when not in use ...

POLICE BLOTTER: Alcona County Sheriff’s Office handles 115 complaints

Recent actions by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. ALCONA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE For the week of April 15-21 115 complaints were handled resulting in the following: Citations Issue 29 Arrests 1 Assaults 1 Complaint ...

Community Foundation announces first-ever YAC Day

ALPENA — The Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan (CFNEM) and its Affiliate Foundations are hosting the first-ever YAC Day on Tuesday, May 7. YAC Day is a special event focused on fundraising and building awareness of the Foundation’s Youth Advisory Councils, or YACs, which award ...