ALPENA — Rosa May-Heck, a resident of Alpena and immigrant from Germany, has kept a tradition of constructing a Christmas village in her living room since winning the pieces in a church raffle about six to seven years ago. May-Heck constructs her village and displays it on tables in her ...

ALPENA — Alpena County, the City of Alpena, and St. Vincent de Paul have reached a temporary agreement allowing the Alpena Community Emergency Warming Shelter to open on Christmas Eve. The three entities had previously met and agreed to open the shelter under St. Vincent de Paul’s ...

The Alpena County Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting following the annual Organizational meeting on Jan.2 at approximately 1:30 p.m. in the Howard Male Conference Room and on Zoom. The only agenda item for discussion during the special meeting is the Alpena Community Warming ...