While the state of the current school year is still up in the air, Alpena Public Schools is moving forward with the planning process for the 2020-21 academic year.

Michigan residents stuck at home and contemplating spring cleanup in the yard are not allowed to burn leaves, branches and other debris.

Beaumont Health in southeastern Michigan is swamped with at least 650 coronavirus patients and hundreds more with tests pending.

There will be no graduation ceremony at Alpena Community College on May 7.

It was only a matter of time before the first presumptive positive case of the coronavirus made its way into northeast Michigan.

The city of Alpena is still waiting to hear back on two potential grant awards – one that would help construct a new bathroom building at Bayview Park, and another that would cover a portion of the costs for a much more expansive plan at the park that would also include sidewalk improvements, lighting upgrades, ship viewing areas and more.