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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 ...

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 ...