Second MDOT Adopt-A-Highway cleanup set

July 9, 2026

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

July 9, 2026

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

July 8, 2026

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

July 8, 2026

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

July 8, 2026

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 ...

Fireworks gone awry

July 8, 2026

ESCANABA — Prior to the Fourth of July, various agencies warned about the dangers of fireworks. Locally, police departments did not report injuries, but there was an explosive incident in the City of Escanaba. As the night of the Fourth of July gave way to Sunday morning, most fireworks had been shot off. But some still remained in the bed of a pickup truck parked near Hereford and Hops. At about quarter to 1 a.m. on the morning of Sunday the 5th, the Escanaba Department of Public Safety were dispatched to 624 Ludington St. (the home of Hereford and Hops Steakhouse and Brewpub as ...