With the Culligan Plaza reconstruction underway downtown, the City of Alpena has received many suggestions and ideas ...

As severe storms once again soak, twist and pelt the nation’s midsection, a team of dozens of scientists is driving into them ...

Left-wing mayoral candidates and a newly launched “housing justice” group are promising a multiyear rent freeze on the city’s ...

Alpena Public Schools’ Alternative Choices for Educational Success (ACES) Academy graduates turned the tassel Wednesday night ...

The proposed project to extend 3rd Avenue in Alpena appears to be stuck in neutral and there is little action behind the ...

In 1980, the future Connie’s Cafe began as a small ice cream shop known as Ice Cream Express. No one, not even Connie herself ...

As the Senate takes up the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (Donald Trump’s name for it) passed by the House last week, there’s ...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced on May 27 that the Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) ...

News Photo by Blace Carpenter Jerome's Towing prepares to tow away a grey Chevrolet truck after it collided with another ...

For many of us there’s a breakfast spot we remember from our childhood – a favorite diner, a familiar chain, or even a ...

A 34-year-old man from Alpena wanted on an eight-count felony warrant for criminal sexual conduct was taken into custody on Wednesday at the Soo Locks. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Alpena Post ...

We hear a lot about courtesy these days. Unfortunately, it seems common courtesy changes with the seasons. That’s especially true now that it’s finally getting warmer in the region and cabin fever has ...