Ilsa Minor | Daily Press Workers from local trade groups and their families stand listening to speakers inside a tent during this year’s Workers Memorial Day ceremony near the labor monument at the Escanaba Municipal Dock. The day serves as a reminder of those who have lost their lives or ...

ROCK — Beverly Reynolds, the Mid Peninsula second-grade teacher who underwent brain surgery last summer and continues to do her best for students, was recently awarded the grand prize in the Detroit Red Wings’ Best in Class program, which recognized outstanding educators in Michigan. A ...

ESCANABA — A local volunteer fire department’s former treasurer was sentenced to jail in Delta County District Court on Monday for embezzling thousands of dollars. Todd Anthony Holland, the former secretary-treasurer of the Ford River Township Volunteer Fire Department, was sentenced to ...

ESCANABA — Residents with concerns or questions about intended changes to Escanaba’s water and wastewater rates will have a chance to be heard Thursday during a special meeting held at city hall at 5 p.m. “As part of ongoing efforts to ensure transparency and open communication with ...

By Noah Johnson njohnson@dailypress.net ESCANABA — 75 fifth-grade students graduated from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program on Friday at the Escanaba Upper Elementary School, the second graduating class for the program this school year. Another 75 student graduated in ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Upper Peninsula jobless rate improved slightly in March as the number of jobless workers declined by 300 since February, according to data released by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. The U.P.’s not seasonally adjusted jobless rate of 8.1% ...