ESCANABA — The Escanaba Daily Press welcomes Corky DeRoeck as its new publisher. DeRoeck replaces former publisher Dan McDonald, who took a position within the company as the publisher of the Minot Daily News in Minot, N.D., earlier this month. Despite the change in leadership, Daily Press ...
FORD RIVER — Camp Harstad, a day camp for children with disabilities, welcomed local Rotarians and other special guests for a meeting and luncheon Tuesday afternoon. The camp is owned by the Escanaba Rotary Trust Fund for Children with Special Needs, and is co-managed by the trust fund and ...
ESCANABA — The Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds has been bustling with activity as crews prepare for the return of the U.P. State Fair. The week-long event in Escanaba starts on Monday, Aug. 14 and concludes Aug. 20. According to Executive Director of the Delta County Chamber of Commerce ...
ESCANABA — Since shutting down last week due to issues with mold, the locker room facility known as the “Igloo” on the Escanaba High School football field has undergone some serious cleaning and repairing, according to school officials. Coby Fletcher, superintendent of Escanaba Area ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged calm and said Americans should have “no concerns” after North Korea and President Donald Trump traded fiery threats, insisting today he doesn’t believe there is “any imminent threat.” “Americans should sleep well at ...
ESCANABA — Another local salvage yard was impacted by fire Monday as Escanaba Public Safety officers were dispatched to Coplan’s Iron & Metal Co. after an explosion and multi-vehicle fire. The blaze broke out at the salvage yard, located at 1610 7th Ave. N. in Escanaba, around 3:34 ...
MANISTIQUE — As part of a motorcycle tour of the Upper Peninsula, U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., toured U.P. Paper in Manistique Monday morning. During this visit, U.P. Paper General Manager Greg Anderson showed Peters around the mill, which produces recycled kraft paper. The paper ...
ESCANABA — Four women have been bound over to circuit court on conspiracy charges to deliver meth, according to Delta County court records. Tiffani Lara Conner, 28, of 4935 Danforth Road, Escanaba, and Sarah Jean Doutree, 24, of 5971 Oak 22.25 Lane, Gladstone, were initially arrested on ...
ESCANABA — A popular Bay College program introduced last summer is being held once again this year. Modular electronics day camp “Inventing With Gizmos and Gadgets” returned to Bay’s Escanaba campus this summer. Bay College Grant Project Manager Beth Ann Belcher said the primary goal ...
TRAVERSE CITY (AP) — A federal report released Monday proposes a $275 million array of technological and structural upgrades at a crucial site in Illinois to prevent invasive Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes and its vulnerable fish populations. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...
ESCANABA — Hundreds of kids and adults came to the U.P. State Fairgrounds for the seventh annual Daily Press Children’s Back-to-School and Health Fair Sunday, Aug. 6. The free event was held in and around the Ruth Butler Building from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Daily Press Outside Sales ...
ESCANABA – Escanaba Public Safety and Escanaba Township firefighters are battling a blaze at Coplan Iron & Metal Co. Early reports indicate multiple vehicles on fire and concerns about propane tanks in the area. Black smoke can be seen rising out of the salvage yard from a ...
ESCANABA — Curb repairs and repaving projects are in full swing in Escanaba. According to Bill Farrell, director of Public Works and city engineer, curb repairs are the main focus on various local side streets. Farrell explained the process begins by assessing where repairs are needed most ...
NAHMA TOWNSHIP — A Manistique man is scheduled for a pretrial conference hearing in Delta County Circuit Court later this month in connection with allegedly driving drunk and causing a passenger in his truck to be tossed out of the pickup box. Scott David Bellville, 46, was driving a pickup ...
ESCANABA — A 21-year-old Escanaba man accused of sexually assaulting two minor females opted to be tried on two counts of criminal sexual conduct during his pretrial hearing in Delta County Circuit Court. Matthew Rian Mattson is charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sexual ...
ESCANABA — While work continues on efforts to create a new jail facility at the Delta County Service Center, Sheriff Ed Oswald said the Delta County Sheriff’s Department is still dealing with overcrowding in their current jail space. “We’ve been overcrowded for quite some time,” he ...
ESCANABA — School-aged children will be able to enjoy a wide variety of activities during the Seventh Annual Daily Press Children’s Back-to-School and Health Fair this Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The free event for children and their families will take place at the Ruth Butler building ...
MANISTIQUE — Students of Emerald Elementary School will have a new principal when their 2017-18 school year begins on Sept. 5. Manistique Area Schools Superintendent Maryann Boddy started working as the school’s principal earlier this summer. “I assumed the responsibility at Emerald ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A proposed new U.N. sanctions resolution would ban North Korea from exporting coal, iron, lead and seafood worth a total of about $1 billion, a major cut to its export earnings, which totaled only $3 billion last year, a Security Council diplomat said Friday. The ...