LANSING – Five Upper Peninsula correctional facilities are offering an increased pay rate of approximately $10,000 per year for new corrections officer recruits as the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) seeks to address persistent staffing shortages. Under the department’s Safe ...

m ESCANABA -- Students at Lemmer Elementary School are earning tokens for literature. The school, which has a present enrollment of 277 first- and second-graders, recently obtained a book vending machine, purchased with funds raised by the Parent Teacher Organization. The idea had been ...

Editor’s note: The Daily Press, in cooperation with three other Upper Peninsula newspapers, is running companion pieces to Ogden Newspapers’ “America at 250” series, with a focus on the U.P.’s role in building America. ESCANABA — More than 150 years after its light first shined ...

ESCANABA — As is tradition for the Escanaba Yacht Club (EYC), the organization held their annual opening party the evening of the car parade on Friday. The EYC is a social club for boating enthusiasts and those who enjoy being near the water. Early members founded the EYC in 1934 and later ...

ESCANABA – The locally-owned TEAM Wireless is an example of an Escanaba-area native successfully growing a business while maintaining small-town values. The Verizon store at 609 N. Lincoln Rd. in Escanaba is one of over 200 locations that TEAM Wireless now operates. CEO and owner Brian ...

ESCANABA — Students at the Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District (DSISD) celebrated the completion of their student-built home on Friday, a project that has been in development since 2024. The district’s Building Trades program is a part of their Career and Technical Education ...