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This collage of News archive photos shows, in the background, firefighters battling the John A. Lau blaze in July, and, foreground, from left to right, Style Wherehouse owner Jessica Krueger in June after J.C. Penney announced its closure, Alpena nurse Katherine Watts in May while helping the coronavirus fight in Detroit, and Lucas Moquin, then artistic director of Thunder Bay Theatre, after examining damage to the theater from the adjacent fire at John A. Lau.
ALPENA When this year’s New Year’s revelers belt out “Auld Lang Syne,” they’ll gladly call 2020 an old acquaintance best never brought to mind.
ALPENA, Mich. The Alpena County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, Dec 22 and approved a new Commissioner for the Road Commission while saying goodbye to an old member.
After four years of service, Brad McRoberts said goodbye to the Board of Commissioners as the members bid him a farewell. Sheriff Steve Kieliszewski reminisced on times spent with McRoberts in law enforcement and said the commissioner had been a brother to him.
The Commissioners voted 6-2 to approve Gerald MacArthur to the Commissioner position of the county’s Road Commission after a discussion. Opposing commissioners, including John Kozlowski, commented on an apparent conflict of interest for MacArthur’s position. MacArthur is the previous owner of a local construction company that is now owned by his son. The members of the board who voted to approve the appointment said they had interviewed MacArthur, and his daily duties with the company would not present a conflict of interest.
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Alpena County Sheriff Steve Kieliszewski on Wednesday shows off the new lockers in one of two locker rooms in the new county jail under construction now.
ALPENA The new Alpena County jail on M-32 is in the final phase of construction and keys to the new facility should be turned over to the county in early February.
Road patrol staff are expected to be the first to move to the new office, followed shortly by corrections employees and inmates.
The county will likely have to hire additional employees to properly man the facility, but how many new hires are needed is not yet known.