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Funds being raised for police chief

ESCANABA — Drifters Restaurant in Escanaba is collecting money for the family of Jeff Hansen, chief of the Hannahville Tribal Police Department, who recently had surgery to remove a cancerous brain tumor and will soon be undergoing chemotherapy and radiation at University of Michigan. Owner ...

One dead in crash on M-28

BERGLAND TOWNSHIP — A crash this weekend in Ontonagon County resulted in a fatality. On Sunday, June 15, at roughly 1:30 p.m., the Michigan State Police (MSP) Wakefield Post, deputies with the Ontonagon County Sheriff's Department, and the United States Forest Service responded to a head-on ...

Isle Royale park boat runs aground

HOUGHTON — A national park service boat ran aground early Saturday while transporting a patient from Isle Royale in Lake Superior. According to a news release from Isle Royale National Park, at about 12:30 a.m. Saturday the 25-foot National Park Service vessel Peregrine ran aground on the ...

Ceremony honors Old Glory

Brian Rowell Daily Press Members of the community took time Saturday to honor the U.S flag during a ceremony at the Marketplace in downtown Escanaba. Saturday was Flag Day and the ceremony, which is held annually, is sponsored by the Escanaba Elks Lodge. Above, a veteran salutes the flag ...

Local demonstrators protesting Trump join those across the US

Demonstrators came out in cities across the U.S. to protest President Donald Trump. Organizers of Saturday's "No Kings" demonstrations said millions marched in hundreds of events. Escanaba was no exception, a peaceful group that numbered between an estimated 150 and 200 people gathered at the ...