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News Photo by Julie Riddle
At the processing desk of the almost-finished new Alpena County Jail building on M-32 last month, then-Jail Administrator Scott Gagnon explains where people held for a misdemeanor charge will have to cool their heels in a holding cell as they wait for up to 72 hours to talk to a judge.
ALPENA Workmen are busily putting finishing touches on the new Alpena County Jail.
The new, $11 million jail built by a property tax increase will house, on one side, a steady flow of people booked for minor infractions who will leave again within hours or days some of them to return many times, according to jail officials.