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Alpena bagged lawn material and brush schedule

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ALPENA — Beginning this year, the composting bags will be required for lawn waste to be picked up curbside. Plastic bags will not be collected. The use of the bags brings multiple benefits to the city’s composting program which include being less labor intensive, eliminating landfilling the ...

AAACU donates $250 to NEMSCA’s shoe palooza

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Alpena — Alpena Alcona Area Credit Union (AAACU) recently donated $250 to the Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency’s (NEMSCA) Shoe Palooza event. This event is a meaningful initiative that provides new shoes to students in our community from preschool through fifth grade. All funds ...

Busy week for Lifelong Learners

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ALPENA - The Cliff Revealed: Uncovering America's First Great Copper Mine is today 2026 at the ACC Madeline Briggs Center 140 from noon until 1 p.m. The Cliff Mine, opened in 1845, was the first profitable copper mine in Michigan’s Lake Copper District. Two decades later, the Cliff was in ...

Montmorency County police update

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Recent actions taken by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. MONTMORENCY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Total: 107 Alarms: 3 Animal Control: 6 Traffic Arrests: 0 OWI Arrests: 0 Drug Arrests: 0 Warrant Arrests: 1 Complaint Arrest: ...