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Children’s Fun Fest at YMCA Saturday

ESCANABA —This Saturday, April 27, families with children age eight and under are invited to attend the Children’s Fun Fest 2024, a Great Start community event, at the YMCA in Escanaba. Admission is free The theme is “Movin’ and Groovin’,” and families will get to experience ...

Soggy start predicted for Upper Peninsula trout opener

Anglers can expect a soggy start to the state’s trout season openers this weekend. The season opens Saturday. The local forecast calls for rain with scattered thunderstorms for Saturday. A steady rain is predicted for Sunday with rainfall totals possibly reaching three-quarters of an inch ...

Despite snags, candidates speak at closed voter forum

ESCANABA — In a first for Delta County, the Delta County League of Women Voters and the American Association of University Women held a closed forum Tuesday for the candidates running in the May 7 special recall election for the Delta County Board of Commissioners. “We hope that this ...

Reynolds to run for 108th state House seat

ESCANABA — An Escanaba woman who has been deeply involved with the recall of three county commissioners has filed to run against State Representative Dave Prestin (R- Cedar River) for the 108th District seat. Christiana Reynolds filed to run in the race Monday, the day prior to the filing ...

Nonprofit supplies fresh produce to local food pantries

BARK RIVER — Joseph Pokladowski, Jr. is the founder of Planting with a Purpose, a nonprofit that donates fresh produce to food pantries in the Escanaba area. It was modeled after the Green Bay-based Planting for a Purpose, which Pokladowski also helped kick off. While the Wisconsin initiative ...

House fire in Kipling

R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press Firefighters head into a residence at 9228 Bayshore Drive in Kipling after the homeowner returned to find an upstairs room black with smoke. Emergency services from Brampton, Gladstone, Escanaba Township, Masonville, Rampart EMS and Michigan State Police ...