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Lifelong Learners to host Chamber event Tuesday

ALPENA – The Association of Lifelong Learners at Alpena Community College is hosting a special event where it will learn more about the Alpena Area Chamber of Commerce and what its missions and goals are. The event is slated for Tuesday from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. in the Alpena Community ...

Alpena school board members Lawson, Costain, Dziesinski face recall

ALPENA — An Alpena resident has filed petitions for a recall of Alpena Public Schools Board Members Monica Dziesinski, Sarah Costain, and Board President Eric Lawson. The petitions against Dziesinski and Lawson pertain to three votes from 2025, Yvonne Johnson, the resident that filed the ...

Aplex operations continue as normal following assets transfer

ALPENA — According to Tony Suszek, Aplex Community Center (CC) board president, the transfer of APlex assets from the Park Family Foundation to the newly formed nonprofit will not alter operations of the facility. Suszek announced the transfer of assets to the newly formed Aplex Community ...

No settlement yet in Maple Ridge Township Supervisor case, one new charge file

ALPENA — Maple Ridge Township Supervisor John Male, 72, appeared in the 88th District Court in Alpena on Tuesday for a status conference for a series of charges he received last summer. Male is charged with one count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, one count of open intoxicants in ...

Bergman helps secure local funding

WASHINGTON DC - Representative Bergman secured more than $5.8 million for six community projects, including three in Northeast Michigan to upgrade and support essential community facilities. Bergman announced he helped secure funds to use for the Alpena Community College’s Natural ...

DHD4 meets Tuesday

The District Health Department No. 4 Health Board will meet on Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the commissioner's room in the Presque Isle County Courthouse in Rogers City. Following the regular meeting, the executive committee will meet and will go into closed session. The meeting notice did not ...