ESCANABA — Local theater group Players de Noc recently received a $1,000 donation from the Escanaba branch of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. GFWC had received a request from Players for funds to help cover the cost of replacing the lighting system destroyed in the fire at the ...

IRON RIVER — When Kalee Hernandez of Iron River launched her Upper Peninsula-inspired charcuterie gift box service, CharYooperie, in early December, she had no idea it would take off the way it has. "What started as a small idea has exploded into something the U.P. community has embraced ...

MARQUETTE — Starting in January, more than 100 members of the Marquette Choral Society will be preparing for their April 20 performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Dr. Erin Colwitz will conduct a mass choir, made up of singers from the Upper Peninsula and across the country, along ...

ESCANABA/IRON MOUNTAIN — Edie Erickson is Bay College’s TORCH Award recipient for the December to February quarter. Erickson was hired in February 2017 as an instructional designer, a position that develops courses or curriculums and creates training materials, such as teaching manuals and ...

ESCANABA — Kindness Rocks U.P. Michigan conducted its second-annual Stock the Lil Mo’s Food Pantry food drive. This year, Kindness Rocks partnered with the Daily Press in hopes of bringing more opportunities to fill the pantry with much-needed supplies. It paid off, organizers said. ...