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Orbion Space Technology under new ownership

HOUGHTON – Orbion Space Technology, a Houghton-based satellite propulsion and space systems company, has been sold, according to a press release from the MTEC SmartZone. York Space Systems, a Denver-based satellite manufacturer announced the deal in a March 12 statement released on Business ...

Drive-thru OK’d for 7 Brew Coffee in Iron Mountain

IRON MOUNTAIN — A new drive-thru coffee shop is planned on a 1-acre site southeast of the Iron Mountain Pizza Hut at 1600 S. Stephenson Ave., near the intersection of Hydraulic Falls Road. An application from 7 Brew Coffee for a special use permit gained approval from Iron Mountain City ...

Fatal fire in Marinette County

ESCANABA -- One person was pronounced dead at the scene and three others were transported for medical treatment after a fire broke out at a residence in Pembine, Wis. on Tuesday. Marinette County Dispatch received a call at approximately 6:08 a.m. on March 17, alerting them of a residential structure fire on Holmes Junction Road in the Town of Pembine. The Beecher Dunbar Pembine Fire Department, Amberg Fire Department, Beecher Dunbar Pembine Rescue Squad, Wausaukee Rescue, Integrity Care EMS and deputies from the Marinette County Sheriff’s Office all responded to the scene. "During ...

Escanaba City Council approves EYC lease agreement

ESCANABA - After several weeks of discussion and revisions, the Escanaba City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a new lease agreement with the Escanaba Yacht Club. The decision follows a renewed review of the lease that began a couple months ago. In early February, council members ...

117 years of news: the storied past of the Daily Press

Editor’s note: An article on the history of the Delta Reporter will be published in Saturday’s edition of the Daily Press. ESCANABA — For more than a century, the Daily Press has stood as a trusted source of news for Delta County and surrounding areas — though the newspaper has not ...

Burns prescribed in Hiawatha and Ottawa Natl. Forests

ESCANABA — Once conditions are appropriate, the National Forest intends to conduct controlled burns in 10,082 acres of Hiawatha National Forest and 1,143 in Ottawa National Forest. “We use prescribed fires to help reduce overgrown vegetation to help protect local communities, ...