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State Forest Management Plan revisions open for public review

LANSING - Michigan’s latest 10-year State Forest Management Plan was almost complete when a massive ice storm happened in March 2025, snapping trees and downing limbs across the northern Lower Peninsula. The resulting devastation sent foresters back to the woods to reevaluate the plan and ...

Sergeant Bluck honored after three decades of service in Alpena

ALPENA – After 28 years with the Alpena Police Department and more than three decades in law enforcement, Sgt. Mark Bluck put a cap on his career on Sept. 11 and was formally recognized Monday night by the Alpena Municipal Council. Police Chief Eric Hamp told the council that Sept. 11 ...

Rain gardens take root in Alpena

ALPENA – The newest planting along River Street and behind PIF Cider are not fall flower beds. They are shallow basins built to catch rain and snowmelt before the water can race off pavement, into a storm sewer, and out into Thunder Bay. That distinction matters in a city that has drawn ...

Alleged victim’s phone to be searched by crime lab in Lozen case

ALPENA — Shaun Lozen, 46, had a hearing on Monday in the 26th Circuit Court in Alpena where the parties discussed receiving records from the alleged victim’s phone. Lozen is charged with felonies of two counts of assault with intent to murder and five counts of assault with intent to do ...

ACC climbing range plans beginning to take action

ALPENA — Alpena Community College’s next generation climbing range is in the beginning stages of planning, with a concept design of the range presented on Thursday. The climbing range plans were discussed at the ACC Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday. The future climbing range will ...

NMMMA plans to award bids on Oct. 22

ALPENA — The Northeast Michigan Materials Management Authority (NMMMA) is a month away from re-awarding a bid for the new materials recovery facility (MRF) that will be constructed near the intersection of M-32 and Airport Road in Alpena. According to Bailey Barr, NMMMA executive ...