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Residents urged to take statewide housing survey

ESCANABA — The Central U.P. Regional Housing Partnership invites residents, business owners, leaders and others from across the region to take part in a statewide survey that will help shape Michigan’s next housing plan. The survey, launched by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, is open now and available to everyone at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/353RD8F. The survey is one of the first opportunities for residents across Michigan to help shape Michigan’s next Statewide Housing Plan. Locally, it continues the engagement that began at the Regional Housing Solutions ...

Second MDOT Adopt-A-Highway cleanup set

ESCANABA — Drivers should be on the lookout beginning Saturday as Adopt-A-Highway volunteers fan out across the state picking up litter. Participants in the Michigan Department of Transportation program will clean highway roadsides from July 11-19 during the second of three scheduled pickups this year. The Adopt-A-Highway program began in Michigan in 1990. As of last year, about 2,600 groups have adopted more than 6,000 miles of state highway through the program. An estimated 19,000 participants collected almost 40,000 bags of trash from roadsides during the three annual pickup ...

Gladstone City-wide Rummage Sale this weekend

GLADSTONE — Local rummage sales continue as the Gladstone city-wide rummage sale returns this weekend. The annual Gladstone City-Wide Rummage Sale, hosted by the Daily Press and U.P. Action, is scheduled for this Friday, July 10, through Sunday, July 12. Individual sale hours will vary and can be found in the address listing and map of participating residences published in yesterday's edition of the Daily Press and the U.P. Action published July 5.

Fourth woman dies at Women’s Huron Valley Prison in less than two months

YPSILANTI — The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) announced Thursday a fourth woman has died while incarcerated at the Women’s Huron Valley (WHV) Correctional Facility, marking the latest in a string of deaths at the prison within the last two months. Dalephenia Reanita Jones, ...

Next generation of drivers equipped with car safety kits

ESCANABA — As teen crash rates peak during the summer months, students in the 906 DRIVE Segment Two driver’s education class received more than just a driving lesson Tuesday — they also went home with free roadside emergency kits, thanks to a partnership between Sam Bernstein Law and the ...

Republican candidates vie to represent 108th in Lansing

GLADSTONE -- The six Republicans running to represent Michigan's 108th District in the Michigan House of Representatives have campaign messages that are similar in some ways and different in others. All seem to acknowledge a need for rural healthcare, including mental health; fighting for ...