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How a fight for Toledo gave Michigan the U.P.

Editor's note: This article is one of a series reflecting on America's history. The Daily Press will continue running articles about the country's past periodically until the 250th anniversary on July 4. A complicated boundary dispute over a 468-square-mile strip of land can be attributed to ...

Trotting out flowers for generations

GLADSTONE -- In the town nicknamed Happy Rock, a small business serves surrounding communities and has been owned by three generations of the same family. Trotter's Floral, now in its second home, began in a garage across the street in 1990. Geraldine ("Gerri") Trotter got into the business ...

Tavaris Jackson sentenced to life without parole for 2023 murder

ESCANABA — Tavaris Jackson was sentenced Friday after being found guilty in March of killing 22-year-old Harley Corwin. Delta County 47th Circuit Court Judge John Economopoulos delivered the sentencing Friday afternoon. For count one — first-degree premeditated murder — Jackson, ...

Open house Sunday at new community center

ESCANABA -- A building erected about ten years ago on the Bishop Noa Home campus to serve as a comfortable place for people with dementia has been repurposed into a community center meant to foster connection around music and other art forms. “This center will be a place of hope, ...

Progress continues for local teen, service dog in training

ESCANABA — Nearly five months after the community first met Vanessa Mabie and her soon-to-be service dog, Annie, the pair are making remarkable progress. Vanessa Mabie, 16, was diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) about three years ago. Her condition causes focal aware ...