GLADSTONE — Gladstone Area Schools is asking the community about their concerns regarding the aged playground at James T. Jones Elementary School. The Jones school, for grades three through five, is one of the district’s four school buildings. Improvements to both its interior and ...

GLADSTONE - Anglers will flock to Gladstone this weekend for the Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit (MWC) Qualifier on July 18 and 19. The event is presented by Lowrance. The catch-and-release tournament visits several areas in different states to invite anglers to ...

HOUGHTON — Dredging crews will return to the Grand Traverse Harbor in Houghton County this summer as efforts continue to save Buffalo Reef from being covered by stamp sand mining waste. Over the past roughly 100 years, historic copper mine tailings from the Wolverine and Mohawk mines – ...

ESCANABA - A local group installed a life vest loaner station in Escanaba over the weekend. Kindness Rocks, the group behind the Little Free Sled Library and the Little Free Theatre Library, unveiled its latest project - the Life Jacket Loaner Station. Kindness Rocks is led by ...

MARQUETTE — In preparation for Wings Over Marquette, the air show that will take place August 2 and 3 at Sawyer Regional Airport, a C-47 — a military transport plane used in World War II — dipped into Marquette recently. The plane belongs to the Michigan Flight Museum, a Smithsonian ...

EDITOR NOTE: The Daily Press will be featuring a series of articles on local businesses, highlighting their history and what makes them unique. The series will run on a regular basis in the Daily Press. — — — By R. R. Branstrom rbranstrom@dailypress.net ESCANABA — Anthony and ...