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Year in Review: Third quarter of 2025

ESCANABA — The Daily Press is looking back on the notable stories of 2025. This Year in Review installment deals with the third quarter, July through September. JULY 2 — Three teens from Schoolcraft County were taken into custody after leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase ...

Escanaba to feature NYE fireworks tonight in park

ESCANABA — Escanaba will celebrate New Year’s Eve with a fireworks display tonight at Ludington Park. While the municipality did launch fireworks on New Year’s Eve for a few years after the city’s 150th anniversary in 2013, the activity was later cut from the budget and hasn’t ...

Origins of First Presbyterian Church date back to 1860s

(Note: This story is being reprinted because it did not run in full in Tuesday's newspaper. It is part of a regular series of profiles on historical buildings and sites in the region. The first round is focusing on churches.) ESCANABA — For generations of Escanaba residents, the doors of ...

No Daily Press on New Year’s Day

ESCANABA — With no mail delivery on New Year's Day, the Daily Press will not have a newspaper Thursday. The Daily Press office will be closed Thursday for the holiday. A newspaper will be published Friday. Regular office hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. will resume Friday.

Brisk wind chills in New Year’s forecast

A winter weather advisory is in effect through tonight in the western and eastern Upper Peninsula, where 3 to 10 inches of lake effect snow was expected beginning Tuesday night. "Expect colder temperatures for New Year's Eve into New Year's Day, with wind chills in the negative single digits ...

Year in Review: Second quarter of 2025

ESCANABA — As we prepare to usher in a new year, the Daily Press is looking back on top stories from 2025. This is part two of four, April through June. In the second quarter of the year, people in the area heard more about Enbridge’s proposed Line 5 tunnel, the return of cruise ships ...