LANSING (AP) — The Michigan Senate voted Wednesday to facilitate a deal to replace a contentious 65-year-old oil pipeline in the Great Lakes, approving legislation to empower a new authority to oversee the construction and operation of a utility tunnel that would encase the new ...
ESCANABA — Dave Moyle, a lifetime resident of Escanaba, has been appointed the assistant coach to the United States Specialty Sports Association-Karate (USSSA-K). Moyle will assist Al Doorlag, current coach of the Karate division of the USSSA. Together they will train martial arts athletes ...
ESCANABA — Delta County will be responsible for some additional costs for work on a new Delta County Correctional Facility at the Delta County Service Center, County Administrator Philip Strom said. Strom gave members of the Delta County Board of Commissioners an update Tuesday. “We’re ...
GLADSTONE — Recounts for Delta County’s general election votes on a Big Bay de Noc School District sinking fund millage proposal and the Fairbanks Township supervisor race will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Gladstone City Hall. Delta County Clerk Nancy Kolich said recounts are not unusual ...
LANSING (AP) — The Republican-led Michigan Legislature on Tuesday passed bills that would delay a minimum wage hike and scale back paid sick leave requirements, an unprecedented lame-duck strategy that was endorsed legally by the state’s conservative attorney general despite criticism that ...
ESCANABA — Escanaba eighth-grader Megan Fritz is collecting gently used shoes for a Soles4Souls campaign she is hosting until Dec. 14. Bins are in place at Escanaba High School to collect the shoes, which are given to needy people around the world. Fritz chose the non-profit when she ...
ESCANABA — Escanaba’s 60th annual Christmas parade will bring Christmas cheer to the area Friday. The theme of this year’s parade, which will be held in downtown Escanaba, is “906 Christmas.” Tanya Ettenhofer, a parade organizer and executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of ...
ESCANABA — The Delta County Sheriff’s Department’s Shop with a Cop program has been around for over 20 years and continues to evolve. The Shop with a Cop program pairs local police officers with disadvantaged Delta County children chosen by the children’s school. Together, they go on ...
LANSING (AP) — Advocates said Monday they will launch a 2020 ballot drive if the Republican-led Legislature successfully guts a new law that made Michigan the 11th state to require employers to provide paid time off to workers who are sick or who have ill family members. MI Time to Care ...
ESCANABA — The Delta County Planning Commission approved multiple changes to its bylaws and county ordinance language Monday. The changes are part of the planning commission’s work towards updating the county’s master plan. In a special meeting held last week, members of the planning ...
ESCANABA — Delta County Probate Judge Robert Goebel will be retiring at the end of 2018. Noon, Jan. 1 of 2019,” is when Goebel said he officially retires as probate judge. He said he is looking forward to enjoying retirement with his wife Regine Goebel. By the time he retires, Goebel ...
ESCANABA — The Upper Peninsula State Fair proved to be an economic boon to the Upper Peninsula in 2018, according to a study conducted by Michigan State University. The Aug. 13-19 U.P. State Fair in Escanaba drew a record-high 92,000 fairgoers. This was nearly a 6 percent increase over ...
ESCANABA — Due to weather conditions, work on the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) US-2 Escanaba River Bridge project has been suspended for the season. The new bridge span has not been completed; one lane will be open in each direction on the finished portion of the new span ...
HYDE — A Schaefer man is dead after a crash Saturday night on US-2 & 41 in Hyde. Michael Henry Doneau, 59, died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash. According to the Delta County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were called to the Hyde area for a two-vehicle crash at 9:20 ...
ESCANABA — Lakestate Industries is once again seeking the support of people in the community for its annual endowment fund campaign. Envelopes for this year’s campaign can be found in today’s issue of the Daily Press. According to Executive Director Cheryl Ohman, this campaign has been ...
ESCANABA — Michigan’s firearm deer season for 2018 officially ended Friday. Karen Sexton, a wildlife biologist for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Escanaba Customer Service Center, said this season seems to have been successful. “The numbers look to be increased ...
ESCANABA — While no decisions have been made on who will fill the open Escanaba city clerk and I.T administrator position, the names of the final candidates being considered for the job have officially been released. Tammy Weissert, Phil DeMay and Steven Krupski, all of the greater Escanaba ...
GLADSTONE — The clouds grow heavy and the cold air blows — giving the Upper Peninsula the wintery welcome of snow and with it the inevitable slippery roads and white-knuckling of the steering wheel. Community Service Trooper Dale Hongisto, of the Michigan State Police Gladstone Post, ...
CARNEY — Now that the holiday season has begun, many people in the area have been buying Christmas trees and other seasonal decorations. Eric Treichel, who co-owns Treichel’s Trees with his wife, Kitty Treichel, said business at the Carney tree farm has been strong so far this ...
ESCANABA — Snow is here and with it the winter parking regulations for the cities of Escanaba and Gladstone. Winter parking restrictions start Saturday in Escanaba. They are already being enforced in Gladstone. During the months of December, January, February and March in Escanaba, parking ...