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Alpena County Clerk Bonnie Friedrichs organizes the election data that will go to the county’s board of canvassers for certification. There was only one proposal on the ballot for a $3 surcharge for 911 operations and it passed with ease.
ALPENA The few voters that went to the polls in Alpena County Tuesday were in a generous mood, as they easily approved a five-year extension of the surcharge that supports 911 operations.
The surcharge will be $3 for cell phones, and landlines, and be on residents’ phone bills as they are currently.
It is expected the surcharge will generate between $800,000 and $1 million a year, and cover most of the expenses for 911 operations.
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ALPENA The Alpena Fire Department operates more efficiently than its counterpart in Alpena Township, which could sway township leaders considering shutting
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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.