ESCANABA -- In January of 1980, a mild winter was crippling the Upper Peninsula’s tourist industry, reported the Daily Press 26 years ago. “Rain and unseasonably mild weather washed out the Christmas and New Year’s holidays — a time when Michigan’s ski areas normally are booked to ...

ESCANABA — Fifty years ago, the Daily Press reported on two traffic accidents that happened within 30 minutes in Schoolcraft County. Both were large and unusual, but no people were injured in either incident. Shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 6, 1976, the driver of a semi-trailer truck ...