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Meet the Athlete: Clay Peterson

The Mid Peninsula Wolverines continue their 2025-26 season Friday as they host the Carney-Nadeau Wolves. On Jan. 20, 2026 Daily Press sports writer Adam Hinch got the opportunity to sit down with Peterson to discuss a variety of topics. Adam Hinch: So Clay, when did you get into ...

U.P. Scores Jan. 28

U.P. scores Monday’s games Girls’ basketball Big Bay de Noc 59, Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter 21 Menominee 63, Marquette 38 Kingsford 50, West Iron County 45 Norway 51, Munising 32 Felch North Dickinson 42, Superior Central 19 Crystal Falls Forest Park 68, Carney-Nadeau 43 Gwinn 50, Manistique 19 Ishpeming 77, Iron Mountain 25 Hancock 47, Calumet 40 Houghton 72, Ishpeming Westwood 32 Ontonagon 43, Ironwood 39 Baraga 66, Lake Linden-Hubbell 25 L’Anse 57, Ewen-Trout Creek 45 Brimley 53, Engadine 9 Pickford 31 East Jordan 29 St. Ignace 39, ...

Lessons from snow, storms and shelter

“The wind it was howlin' and the snow was outrageous; we chopped through the night, and we chopped through the dawn,” – Bob Dylan The persistent and deepening snow and cold of late has signaled primal feelings of survival within me. Just walking to the mailbox and back is an adventure ...

Meet the Athlete: Riley Cretens

ST NICHOLAS - With the boys basketball season past it's midway point, Daily Press sports writer Adam Hinch got the opportunity to catch up with North Central junior Riley Cretens to discuss a variety of topics. Adam Hinch: So Riley, when did you get into basketball? Riley Cretens: My whole ...

Eskymos take down Blue Devils for season sweep

ESCANABA — The Escanaba boys got a much needed win here Saturday, topping the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils 59-48 in a non-conference basketball match-up on Parents’ Day. Esky, which had dropped six straight games, improved to 4-9. Sault dropped to 2-9. “That’s a nice win,” Esky coach Jake Berlinski said. “That’s really a confidence and morale boost. We were hoping for a big push in the third quarter, but they made a push back.” Esky gained a 32-18 lead on a 20-foot jump shot from the left wing by junior Hayven Sandoval-Nolde seven seconds before halftime and led by ...

Protecting Michigan's bats

Jutting out into Lake Superior is the Keweenaw Peninsula, home to Michigan’s Copper Country. This is where the earliest known metalworking in North America originated, with objects crafted by Indigenous peoples from Keweenaw copper becoming so prized that they have been discovered in ...