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Gladstone Commission opens 29th to ORVs, seeks to sell land, extends energy contract

GLADSTONE -- During its last regular meeting, the Gladstone City Commission extended a contract with WPPI Energy, hired a realtor to sell city-owned property in another township and removed a street near Cameron Elementary from the list of places prohibited to off-road vehicles (ORVs). The City of Gladstone is a member of WPPI Energy, which supplies electricity to 51 communities in Wisconsin, Iowa and Upper Michigan. Brett Niemi from WPPI explained that in order to carry out projects, the time in the contract needs to extend beyond a project's duration. The existing power supply ...

Election results

Election results were still rolling in when the press deadline hit Tuesday night. The Daily Press newsroom staff continued gathering information late at night and will be updating the website as numbers become available. Readers may find details online at dailypress.net today and in Thursday's ...

LaBonte of Escanaba named to head UPSET

ESCANABA — On Monday, the Michigan State Police (MSP) announced the promotion of Detective Sergeant Matthew LaBonte to detective lieutenant, where he will oversee the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (UPSET). UPSET is a multi-jurisdictional narcotics task force serving all 15 ...

Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse: Where history and haunting legends meet

Editor’s note: This story on the Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse is the eighth in a series on the area’s lighthouses and lightships. GULLIVER — By day, the Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse serves as the only active beacon on the north shore of Lake Michigan. By night, it has earned a ...

A second job for both of them

HYDE — When Tony Beauchamp refers to himself and his partner, Julie Sanville, doing something together, he uses a phrase common in the English-speaking world: "both of us." Except that with a Yooper accent, it sounds more like "bot' ofuz." Or, as Sanville thought to style it, "BEAU da ...