The Alpena Municipal Council favors stop signs over traffic lights at an intersection some parents and school officials have called dangerous at times.

Alpena County Commissioners need to approve the hiring of at least two new corrections officers before inmates can be moved over to the new jail.

The Alcona County Sheriff’s Office responded to calls for pornography, child abuse, fraud and larceny last week.

The 13th annual Reel Fun Ice Fishing Tournament scheduled for February on Grand Lake has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

District Health Department #4 has added additional COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Alpena, Atlanta, Cheboygan and Millersburg.

For the second time in as many years the City of Alpena finished the fiscal year in the black, and was able to add to its general fund budget savings account.

Alpena Public Schools is 1 of only 138 grantees statewide selected for a program to improve daily nutrition and eating habits for children.