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Trick-or-treat times in area for Halloween

Halloween on Friday will bring excited children in costumes to doorsteps as they trick-or-treat throughout area communities. Drivers are reminded to use extra caution and proceed slowly through residential neighborhoods. For people passing out goodies and those collecting them, many areas ...

Gladstone adopts new municipal harbor rates

GLADSTONE — Rates for boaters at the Gladstone Municipal Harbor and others throughout Michigan are prepared to increase by about 10% next year. As a state aid harbor, Gladstone, like neighboring Escanaba, is required to report to the State of Michigan Department of Natural Resources, whose ...

Daily Press front door can’t be used today

ESCANABA — The front entrance to the Daily Press at 600 Ludington St. will be inaccessible today due to the construction of new sidewalk. People can renew subscriptions, pay bills by credit card and book classified ads by calling 906-786-2021, ext. 161. If walk-in business can wait, that ...

LaFave launches state Senate campaign

Former state Rep. Beau LaFave has joined three other candidates seeking to replace term-limited state Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Waucedah Township, in Michigan’s 38th District. LaFave, an Iron Mountain Republican, represented Michigan’s 108th House District from 2017 to 2022. “After serving ...

City council seats on ballot in Manistique, Menominee

Voters in Manistique and Menominee will choose city council members in Tuesday's general elections. The Menominee City Council has single seats on the ballot in each of its four wards. In the First Ward, incumbent Michael DeDamos is being challenged by Donna S. Larsen. DeDamos was first ...

Delay in printing Readers’ Choice ballot

Due to a technical difficulty, the Daily Press Readers’ Choice Best of the Best voting ballot will not be published until Saturday, rather than in today’s newspaper. Online voting will still be available starting today at https://www.dailypress.net/.