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Gladstone Ski Hill to open Saturday

GLADSTONE — The Gladstone Ski Hill is finally ready to open for the season. The destination at the John and Melissa Besse Sports Park will be open from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday. Daily passes and season memberships are available for skiing, tubing or a combination.

Trump administration announces rural health fund allocations

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration unveiled this week hundreds of millions of dollars each state will receive this fiscal year as part of a massive $50 billion rural health fund baked into Republicans’ “big, beautiful” law. The five-year Rural Health ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.