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More warnings needed to prevent winter drownings, study says

LANSING – Ice-related drowning deaths are often associated with snowmobile use and are preventable, according to a recent study from the University of Michigan. Research investigator Peter Larson, one of the authors of the study, said there are prevention methods for snowmobilers to avoid ...

Winter parking hours reminder, City of Alpena

ALPENA — The City of Alpena Police Department are reminding city residents that vehicles cannot be parked on city streets between the hours of 3 and 6 a.m. from Nov. 1 through April 1, according to a City of Alpena press release on Wednesday. This prohibition is necessary so that the city ...

How small businesses thrive on Mackinac Island

LANSING – It’s a beautiful fall day and you don’t hear any cars, just the clip-clop of horses. A horse-drawn carriage strolls down the Main Street bringing tourists to an age of simplicity and an old-world ambiance. “You can hear people talking and laughing and actually having ...

Alpena County voters to decide veteran’s services millage renewal

ALPENA – Alpena County voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to renew the property tax that pays for the county's Department of Veterans Affairs, an office its director says helped bring more than $40 million in veterans benefits and services into the county last year. The proposal would renew ...

City of Alpena Clerk’s Office Saturday hours

ALPENA — The Clerk’s Office will be open on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to request and receive absentee ballots and to register to vote for the general election on Tuesday. For additional information, please call the Clerk’s Office at 989-354-1720 or email as ...