ESCANABA — Native plants were planted at the raised garden near the Escanaba Marketplace about a month ago, thanks to the Delta Conservation District and5 the Escanaba Downtown Development Authority (DDA). Immediately next to the marketplace pavilion and in front of the music stage painted ...

By R. R. Branstrom rbranstrom@dailypress.net ESCANABA — Callie Barr, Democratic candidate who last challenged Jack Bergman in the November 2024 election, will again be running in 2026 and is on the campaign trail. Bergman, a Republican, has held the seat of U.S. House Representative for ...

Smoke from Canadian wildfires hovered over several Midwestern states Saturday, bringing warnings of unhealthy air for at least the third day. Air quality alerts were in effect in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, as well as eastern Nebraska and parts of Indiana and Illinois. ...

ESCANABA - Escanaba is getting closer to having a new activity for families as crews make progress on the installation of a new splash pad at the former Webster Wading Pool site. It’s been a long process to start work on the splash pad, as it was brought up in discussions within the ...

GARDEN TOWNSHIP — The assailant of a woman who was kidnapped at gunpoint from a public bathroom in Garden Township and repeatedly raped in 1986 has been identified, but the man died two days before he could be arrested. According to Daily Press archives and the Michigan State Police, the ...

ESCANABA — Recently, representatives of the City of Escanaba, The House of Ludington, contractor Oberstar, Inc., and the C2AE municipal engineering team posed in front of downtown Escanaba's historic hotel for a reenactment photograph of a historical painting when the team replaced the old ...