Breaking News

ALGER COUNTY — A recent search for missing Alger County woman Starla Goings has yielded no answers, as her family and community continue their quest for answers more than a year after her disappearance. Goings, now-66-years-old, has been missing since Aug. 15, 2025, when she was last ...

Election update

ESCANABA — As of 2:30 a.m., election results were being finalized across the state and nation: At 2:27 a.m., the Associated Press called the Michigan U.S. Senate race in favor of Abdul El-Sayed, with 85% of expected votes counted statewide. Earlier in the night at 1:09 a.m., the AP called Michigan's 1st Congressional District race in favor of incumbent Republican Jack Bergman, with 89% of expected votes counted in the district. At 1:45 a.m., the AP called the Michigan gubernatorial race in favor of Jocelyn Benson, with 85% of expected votes counted statewide. At the time of ...

Escanaba Harbor dock on council agenda

Editor’s note: Meeting agendas and their contents are subject to change. The following items were listed on the agenda at the time of publication. The full agenda for today’s meeting can be found on the City of Escanaba website. ESCANABA — Enhance Escanaba is seeking approval to ...

Ice rink installation tomorrow

ESCANABA — Visitors to Ludington Park will have the opportunity to skate on an outdoor ice rink this winter. On Thursday, Iron Sleek, the company that manufactures the portable ice rink selected by Enhance Escanaba, will be in town to install the setup — a portable, 100-by-50-foot unit ...

Post-Election Day

ESCANABA — While the Daily Press newsroom staff was hard at work on Tuesday night, watching the election results roll in and hammering the numbers out on their keyboards, the articles were not able to make it into today's newspaper due to print deadlines. Some results may be found Wednesday on the Daily Press website at dailypress.net and will also be printed in Thursday's newspaper.