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Caution: Men at work

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:27:03 EDT

ESCANABA - Traffic delays, road closures and detours can only mean road construction season is once again upon motorists traveling in the Upper Peninsula.

The Michigan Department of Transportation Superior Region office in Escanaba reports a few construction projects this summer, including the construction of a center left turn lane at the intersection of U.S.

Up, up and away...

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:30:42 EDT

The Mother's Day Hot Air Balloon Sweepstakes, presented by the Daily Press and Escanaba Moving Systems, launched from the yard of Escanaba's YMCA and landed near the Meadow Groves Apartments Saturday morning.

Gladstone innovator dies at 54

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:32:26 EDT

GLADSTONE - Richard "Dick" VandeVusse, 54, is being remembered as a visionary and a champion for science and the education of youth. The local businessman died Saturday after being stricken a week earlier. VandeVusse, an innovator and industrialist, never asked his employees to undertake anything he himself would not undertake, according to his wife, Bev.

Regional jail study underway

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:33:27 EDT

ESCANABA - Requests for proposals on a regional jail study will go out to vendors within the next couple weeks, according to the U.P. Council on Area Progress (UPCAP) which received $100,000 to finance the analysis.

Due to overcrowding and maintenance needs at existing jails, officials from across the U.P.

VandeVusse was biofuel innovator

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:35:11 EDT

GLADSTONE - Dick VandeVusse didn't necessarily set out to be a trailblazer. When it comes to biodiesel, it just turned out that way, according to a profile of the local businessman in Biodiesel Magazine.

VandeVusse, 54, innovator and entrepreneur, died Saturday evening.

"The exciting thing about this is that we're not only buying something made in the U.S.