The Alpena Downtown Development Authority is hosting a special strategic planning meeting on Friday at noon until 3 p.m. at the Alpena Yacht Club at 250 Prentiss Street in Alpena. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss future goals of the DDA. A written Strategic Plan document will be ...

Alpena Community College is inviting the public to campus to tour the recently renovated spaces, like the Besser Company Center for Manufacturing Excellence and the Holcim Industrial Education and Welding Center. Tours will be offered between noon and 2 p.m. on Saturday. ACC officials, ...

Thunder Bay APlex Karate hosted a local tournament. Schools from Sault Saint Marie, St. Clair, Traverse City, Grayling, Chebogan, and few other cities in Michigan came to participate. Tournament events were forms, weapons forms, point sparring and continuous sparring, grappling, summo ...

HARRISVILLE — Alcona County’s 23rd Circuit Court Judge Laura Frawley on Wednesday granted former Alpena attorney Michelle Elowski’s request for a personal protection order against Alpena resident Steven Meno. The PPO bars Meno from communicating with Elowski in any way. Frawley also ...

ALPENA — Over the years, Alpena has amassed more than $4 million in its savings, which is well above what policy dictates it should have. Now, city staff and the Alpena Municipal Council intend to utilize a portion of that money on needed purchases and for projects in Alpena. So far, ...

ALPENA — April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Hope Shores Alliance, a nonprofit organization with goals of ending sexual and domestic violence, will hold events later in the month with a theme focused on creating safer communities and building connections. Jeanine Kaltz, impact ...