MICHIGAN -- Next Saturday and Sunday, three activities that usually require permits are free to all. Michigan residents as well as visitors to the Great Lakes State may engage in fishing, riding off-road vehicles (ORVs) on trails and visiting state parks at no cost. The Michigan Department ...

LANSING – Five Upper Peninsula correctional facilities are offering an increased pay rate of approximately $10,000 per year for new corrections officer recruits as the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) seeks to address persistent staffing shortages. Under the department’s Safe ...

m ESCANABA -- Students at Lemmer Elementary School are earning tokens for literature. The school, which has a present enrollment of 277 first- and second-graders, recently obtained a book vending machine, purchased with funds raised by the Parent Teacher Organization. The idea had been ...

Editor’s note: The Daily Press, in cooperation with three other Upper Peninsula newspapers, is running companion pieces to Ogden Newspapers’ “America at 250” series, with a focus on the U.P.’s role in building America. ESCANABA — More than 150 years after its light first shined ...

ESCANABA — As is tradition for the Escanaba Yacht Club (EYC), the organization held their annual opening party the evening of the car parade on Friday. The EYC is a social club for boating enthusiasts and those who enjoy being near the water. Early members founded the EYC in 1934 and later ...

ESCANABA – The locally-owned TEAM Wireless is an example of an Escanaba-area native successfully growing a business while maintaining small-town values. The Verizon store at 609 N. Lincoln Rd. in Escanaba is one of over 200 locations that TEAM Wireless now operates. CEO and owner Brian ...