About Alpena Today

Alpena Today: What’s changing across Alpena

Local updates on public safety, roads, schools, city decisions, business activity, events, sport and community life in Alpena, Michigan.

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ABOUT ALPENA TODAY

A focused guide to Alpena’s daily developments

Alpena Today covers the information people look for as plans move forward, routes change and local schedules shift. Our coverage includes crime and public safety, traffic and construction, city government, development, education, business openings, culture, sport and community events.

That focus includes public decisions and practical updates alongside the places and activities that shape life in Alpena. Stories may follow an Alpena City Council decision, an Alpena Public Schools change, a road closure, a new Downtown Alpena business or a weekend event.

Close to home

Alpena places and corridors

Our local focus includes Downtown Alpena, Old Town and the DDA District, plus North Second Avenue, Chisholm Street, the M-32 Corridor, US-23 South Corridor, Ripley Street and South State Street. Coverage also extends to Oxbow Village, the Thunder Bay River, the Lake Huron Waterfront, Bay View Park, Thomson Park and Blair Street Park.