ALPENA – Absentee ballots for the Aug. 4 primary election will begin arriving in local clerks’ offices to be mailed to voters starting today, giving residents in Michigan ample time to participate in Michigan’s no-excuse absentee voting system. The option provides a convenient ...

ALPENA - Beginning today, contractors will be doing storm sewer infrastructure work on Ripley Boulevard, between 1st Avenue and 2nd Avenue. Both northbound lanes will be closed. Traffic will have lane shifts to keep from closing road down completely. Signage and barricades will be present to ...

MIDLAND – Galen Ohnmacht, board-certified thoracic surgeon at MyMichigan Health, and his team have successfully completed the health system’s first robotic-assisted lung biopsy using the newly acquired ION Intuitive system, according to a MyMichigan Health press release. This technology ...

Do you have some old jeans and like to make something useful from them? On Friday, from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. at the Alpena County Library, people can turn their old jeans in a new plant hanger. This do it yourself denim project is surprisingly sturdy and super cute. The art event is for ...

ALPENA — Sylvie K Luther, of Alpena, made the Dean’s List at Northern Michigan University in Marquette for the 2026 winter semester. Luther posted an impressive grade-point average that was greater than, or equal to, 3.50. Luther is enrolled in the elementary education program at the ...