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Trial set for local horse owner

ESCANABA — A jury trial date has been set for Arnold Proehl, a local horse owner facing 10 misdemeanor counts of animals running at large. Proehl, 78, appeared in the Delta County 94th District Court Tuesday. On July 15, Proehl pleaded not guilty to 10 misdemeanor counts of animals running ...

VA awards $4,307,692 to organizations in Michigan and Wisconsin

Iron Mountain — The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded $4,307,692 million in grants to seven community organizations that provide suicide prevention services to Veterans in Michigan and Wisconsin. This funding is part of $112 million in grants awarded to 191 organizations nationwide to support suicide prevention efforts. The funds are made available through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (SSG Fox SPGP) and will become available at the start of fiscal year 2027. Grants are accessible to nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, ...

Today in Sports Sept. 30

1916 — The Boston Braves snap the 26-game winning streak of the New York Giants with an 8-3 victory in the second game of a doubleheader. 1927 — Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season in the eighth inning off Tom Zachary to lead the New York Yankees to a 4-2 victory over the Washington Senators. 1939 — Fordham participates in the world’s first televised American football game. In front of the sport’s first live TV audience, the Rams defeats Waynesburg College, 34-7. 1972 — Roberto Clemente hits a double against New York Mets left-hander Jon Matlack during ...

Senior Expo fills up

ESCANABA — The 16th-annual Senior Expo brought close to 300 attendees to the Highland Golf Club yesterday. The event, organized by the Daily Press each autumn, serves to provide community members with information about how to navigate various aspects of growing older. After picking up tickets for the event from the newspaper's office at 600 Ludington St. over the past several weeks, guests arrived at the venue in Hyde bearing one shelf-stable food item each. The consumable donation, collected at the door for delivery to the Community Action Agency, was the only "admission fee" asked ...