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No Daily Press on New Year’s Day

ESCANABA — With no mail delivery on New Year's Day, the Daily Press will not have a newspaper Thursday. The Daily Press office will be closed Thursday for the holiday. A newspaper will be published Friday. Regular office hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. will resume Friday.

Brisk wind chills in New Year’s forecast

A winter weather advisory is in effect through tonight in the western and eastern Upper Peninsula, where 3 to 10 inches of lake effect snow was expected beginning Tuesday night. "Expect colder temperatures for New Year's Eve into New Year's Day, with wind chills in the negative single digits ...

Year in Review: Second quarter of 2025

ESCANABA — As we prepare to usher in a new year, the Daily Press is looking back on top stories from 2025. This is part two of four, April through June. In the second quarter of the year, people in the area heard more about Enbridge’s proposed Line 5 tunnel, the return of cruise ships ...

Snowstorm affected roads, power, businesses

ESCANABA — Much of the Upper Peninsula and the northern Midwest experienced blizzard conditions Sunday into Monday, with most effects seen Monday as the storm system blew eastward. It’s been some time since Escanaba, part of a “banana belt” that tends to get less snowfall, saw this ...

No Daily Press on New Year’s Day

ESCANABA — With no mail delivery on New Year's Day, the Daily Press will not have a newspaper Thursday. The Daily Press office will be closed Thursday for the holiday. A newspaper will be published Friday. Regular office hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. will resume Friday.