ALPENA — According to a City of Alpena press release on Thursday, the City is asking residents to not place brush on curbs. The release stated that Department of Public Works (DPW) crews are actively cleaning up roadside tree and brush debris. Priority will be given to roads first, then ...

We all have heard of Sweet Sixteen. We usually hear it in March during the NCAA Men’s National Championship tournament. Or was it Neil Sedaka’s 1983 hit, Sweet Sixteen or maybe the Crests’ famous song, Sixteen Candles. Or on a personal note, this is the sixteenth newspaper column I have ...

As ice begins to melt, drivers should be cautious of falling ice in Alpena and other areas of Northeast Michigan affected by the recent ice storm.

ALPENA - As of 7 p.m. on Thursday, 85% of Alpena Power Company (APC) customers have been restored, leaving approximately 2,500 customers without power, according to an APC press release. All available crews were working to restore outages including assistance from Thunder Bay Tree Service , ...

ALPENA — Residents in Northeast Michigan should be able to see the ice and snow begin to melt today, but there are still many days and even weeks of cleanup and storm recovery ahead. Harold Dippman, meteorologist from the National Weather Service (NWS) Gaylord, predicts that the ice will be ...