At approximately 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, City Police, Alpena City Fire Department (AFD), Michigan State Police, and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) personnel, responded to a structure fire on Chisholm Street across from McInerney Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram dealership. First ...

ALPENA – Lenny Avery, Target Alpena executive director, presented Target Alpena’s semi-annual report to the Alpena Municipal Council on Monday, highlighting topics such as Quality Opportunity Zones (QOZs) and housing. Avery began his presentation by discussing goals for Target Alpena in ...

The Gone To Pieces Quilt Guild will host its monthly meeting on Thursday at 6 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Alpena. The group follows the school closing schedules so if there is no school then the meeting will be cancelled.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Gary Peters, D-MI, and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued a statement following the Census Bureau’s announcement to cancel critical testing for the 2030 Census, according to a press release on Tuesday. "I am ...

ROGERS CITY — The Hillman Varsity Tigers girls’ basketball team loses to Rogers City Hurons, despite battling for a 44-44 tie. The Tigers could not hold off the Hurons in overtime, eventually falling 54-46. Foul trouble and heavy Huron pressure proved to be the difference in the extra ...

ALPENA — Locally owned Choucas Hats, a business specializing in the production of active head- and neckwear, donated 40 hats to the Alpena Cancer Center, according to a MyMichigan Health press release on Monday. The release stated that the delivery was made by business owner and creative ...