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Celebrating Independence

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Brian Rowell Daily Press Vintage cars and emergency vehicles were just o few of the participants at the Fourth of July parade in Bark River Friday. It was one of many Fourth of July celebrations held throughout the area. Some communities, including Escanaba, are holding festivities today.

Body recovered from Lake Superior

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MUNISING — On the afternoon of July 3, a deceased person was recovered from Lake Superior near Chapel Beach within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. At approximately 2:30 p.m., park visitors called 911 to report a person face down in the water. National Park Service rangers and Alger ...

Saga over dump trailer finally ends

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By Ilsa Minor iminor@dailypress.net ESCANABA — A nearly-decade-long saga over a dump trailer that was purchased jointly by the Delta Conservation District, Delta County and former Conservation District CEO Rory Mattson came to a close this week. While certain facts about the dump ...

Volunteers give vintage train a scrub down

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GLADSTONE - Volunteers banded together recently to clean a local piece of history. John Pickard, president of the Gladstone Michigan Soo Line Steam Engine #730 Authority, spearheaded a day of cleaning and maintenance on the steam engine that rests in Gladstone. The group cleans the train ...

Escanaba working on master plan

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By R. R. Branstrom rbranstrom@dailypress.net ESCANABA — Along with an outside consultant, the City of Escanaba — the largest municipality in Delta County and the third most populous city in the Upper Peninsula — has been working on developing a new master plan. Though not a ...

Police Log

Community

June 27 1:48 a.m. - suspicious situation, 2600 block 7th Avenue South 3:53 a.m. - agency assist, 800 block North 15th Street 7:41 a.m. - health and safety, 500 block 1st Avenue South 7:44 a.m. - suspicious situation, 300 block South 12th Street 8:16 a.m. - general non-criminal, ...