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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 ...

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 ...

Facade program updated

GLADSTONE — Terms are changing for a form of assistance available to business owners in downtown Gladstone. The city has offered facade grants — loans for businesses operating in the downtown district to improve the exteriors of their premises — in multiple past years. A new cycle is ...

Registration open for fourth annual Escanaba Spooktacular Trunk-or-Treat

ESCANABA — Registration is now open for businesses, organizations and individuals who want to participate in the fourth annual Escanaba Spooktacular Trunk-or-Treat, set for Sunday, Oct. 18, in downtown Escanaba. Hosted by the Escanaba Downtown Development Authority, the event will take ...

Appellate court denies Escanaba man’s challenge to 2024 convictions

ESCANABA — The Michigan Court of Appeals has affirmed a Delta County jury’s 2024 decision to convict an Escanaba man. In 2024, Noel Delalus Sagataw, 41, of Escanaba was convicted by a jury in the Delta County 47th Circuit Court of three counts of resisting and obstructing a police office ...

Autumn anticipation accelerates

UPPER PENINSULA — "Patchy" color change of Upper Peninsula trees was reported for much of the region last week by the Upper Peninsula Travel and Recreation Association (UPTRA), a leading authority on tourism draws in the U.P. Leaves begin to turn in the area toward the end of September ...