Several area communities are hosting events for the next few days for the extended Labor Day weekend. They include: TODAY — Manistique has a Labor Day barbecue from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., complete with food, drinks and a bounce house at 147 River St. near Hoholik’s Ace Hardware. The car ...

ESCANABA — With no mail delivery on the Labor Day holiday, the Daily Press will not publish a paper Monday. Daily Press offices will not be open Monday. Tuesday will have a newspaper as usual, and staff will be available starting at 8 a.m.

MARINETTE, Wis. — A Marinette man has been accused of homicide in the drowning of a 13-year-old boy Aug. 20 in Marinette. The Marinette County District Attorney’s Office charged Tylor Robert Birch, 21, with second-degree reckless homicide in connection with the death of Jakob Bowerman, ...

ESCANABA — Summer reading programs at local libraries wrapped up a few weeks ago, but their effects — helping kids keep reading skills honed — may prove beneficial in the days to come. Now that students are back in school after summer break, some families may be finding the ...

HARRIS TOWNSHIP — One man is dead from what authorities said appears to be a shooting in self-defense early Thursday in Menominee County. At about 12:19 a.m., troopers from the Michigan State Police Iron Mountain Post were called to a residence on County Road 551 in Harris Township, where a ...