(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) LANSING — Michigan’s minimum wage went up by $1.25 an hour Thursday under a new state law that sped up planned base rate increases but scaled ...

An emerging technology in lumber could have implications for the forestry industry. Mass timber is a process of strengthening wood, typically by gluing panels together to create dense layers of wood called cross-laminated timber, or CLT. CLT is “essentially plywood on steroids,” said ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Winter skies over Lake Antoine in Iron Mountain will come alive with color and motion Saturday, Jan. 10, for Kites Over Awesome Lake Antoine, or KOALA. Lake Antoine Park Partners will host its fifth-annual event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Central time at the park. The four-hour ...

ESCANABA — The Daily Press is looking back on the notable stories of 2025. This is the fourth and final Year in Review installment, dealing with October through December. OCTOBER 2 — The Escanaba City Council approved plans to establish Obsolete Property Rehabilitation District No. 29 ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Michigan State Police Iron Mountain Post has asked for the public’s help in locating an adult male and female who have gone missing from Iron River. Paige Nichols, 32, is described in an MSP news release as a white female about 5 feet 2 inches in height and weighing ...

Respondents to an annual Michigan college survey of overused and misused words and phrases say " 6-7 " is "cooked" and should come to a massive full-stop heading into the new year. Those are among the top 10 words on the 50th annual "Banished Words List," released Thursday by Lake Superior ...