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Opinion

Response to Minnesotan

Letters to the Editor

The recent letter from a former Escanaba resident regarding "Operation Metro Surge" in Minnesota provides a heart-wrenching narrative, but it conveniently omits the "why" behind this necessary federal response. While the author uses emotional appeals to frame the community as being under siege, ...

Trump warns limited strikes possible on Iran

Local columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump warned on Friday that limited strikes against Iran are possible even as the country's top diplomat said Tehran expects to have a proposed deal ready in the next few days after nuclear talks with the United States. In response to a reporter's question ...

Letter policy

Letters to the Editor

The Daily Press welcomes letters of opinion from readers. Letters submitted must include the sender’s name, address and telephone number. Only writers’ names and community will be printed. Names cannot be withheld and letters should be kept to 500 words or less. Letters to the editor ...

Big Brother is making you watch him

Local columns

A poster depicting an enormous face gazed from the wall. The caption ran, "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU." So wrote George Orwell at the open of his dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four." Big Brother's image was everywhere, on printed material and on telescreens blasting state propaganda in ...

Almanac for Feb. 21, 2026

Local columns

Today is Saturday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2026. There are 313 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1965, civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside Harlem's Audubon Ballroom in New York. Three men identified as members of the Nation of Islam were convicted of ...