ALPENA — The Alpena Area Chamber of Commerce announced on Friday in a press release that it is leading the fundraising campaign for Alpena’s annual Independence Day Fireworks show. This year’s celebration will take place on Friday, July 3. As 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the ...

The Great Lakes and their fisheries are, today, relatively healthy. We tend to take that for granted. We shouldn’t. As recently as the 1960s, because of unchecked water pollution, invasive species, and collapse of their most important fisheries, the Great Lakes were deemed by some to be an ...

ALPENA – During Monday's Alpena Municipal Council meeting, Great Lakes Great Responsibilities (GLGR), the Northeast Michigan Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative, and volunteers from Posen High School, presented a project that could help keep Starlite Beach clean and document the amount of ...

ALPENA — The Alpena Community College Board of Trustees met for a visioning session Thursday morning to discuss funding priorities to forward to the ACC Foundation Board, including renovating the Natural Resources Center and making sure students’ basic needs are met. The trustees ...

ALPENA — Michigan Works! Northeast Consortium will host regional employers at the APlex on April 30 for an interactive Registered Apprenticeship Lunch and Learn and Race to Talent celebration. According to a Michigan Works! Northeast Consortium press release, this event is designed to ...