(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online at bridgemi.com.) LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday ended months of uncertainty by signing an $81 billion state government budget — finalizing a ...

LANSING — Jeffrey Holden spends his summers knee-deep in dead moose. In his new book “Dead Moose on Isle Royale: Off Trail with the Citizen Scientists of the Wolf-Moose Project” (Michigan State University Press, $24.95), Holden turns decades of volunteer field notes and short essays ...

In recognition of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Delta County Cancer Alliance and the Daily Press have shared efforts to sponsor this year’s Pink Fest, otherwise known as the “Bras for a Cause” decorating contest. Money is raised during the four-week event from both ...

ESCANABA – A Gladstone man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and assault charges after being accused of holding a female against her will in April, then fleeing downstate. Hunter Grizz Gallagher, 24, and attorney Diane Kay-Hougaboom appeared virtually Monday in the 47th Circuit Court before ...

After a warm start to fall, the National Weather Service is serving up a neutral forecast stretching into winter across the Upper Peninsula. From now through December, above-normal temperatures are favored over much of the U.S., but the upper Great Lakes is an exception, NWS forecaster Anthony ...

ESCANABA — The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile — well, one of a fleet of six driven by brand ambassadors called "hotdoggers" — was seen in the Upper Peninsula on Monday. The food-shaped vehicle — spotted in Escanaba and photographed by the Daily Press thanks to a tip from someone who saw it ...