ESCANABA — The Escanaba City Council voted Thursday to join the Michigan Public Power Agency (MPPA) as an associate member, a move the city hopes will open up cost-saving opportunities. “MPPA, as a joint action agency, the whole idea is different municipalities join together and with that ...

ESCANABA — According to the Escanaba Water Plant, the Escanaba area accumulated roughly 10 inches of snow on Wednesday, the most significant snowfall for the season so far, just in time for the first day of spring. “The Escanaba area was kind of variable, and that can happen anytime ...

ESCANABA — On Tuesday night, a local author and Daily Press columnist held an author talk at the Escanaba Library. Karen (Rose) Wils spent the past 30-plus years writing her Riverside column in the Lifestyles section of the Escanaba Daily Press. She is a lifelong north Escanaba resident. ...

ESCANABA - A high speed chase resulted in an arrest for drug charges Tuesday in Escanaba. At roughly 2:30 p.m., an Escanaba Public Safety officer attempted to apprehend an individual with a felony warrant during a traffic stop. The suspect fled the scene at a high rate of speed near the ...

ESCANABA — A planned bathroom project at the U.P. State Fairgrounds has stalled, following a decision by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Trust Fund to cancel a grant for the project, which was announced this week by Delta County Administrator Ashleigh Young. “My ...

ESCANABA — Readers may have noticed in the paper last week an ad for a lost sock monkey. “HAVE YOU SEEN ME?” reads the text next to a photo of the stuffed animal, which was last seen on March 1 during a Special Olympics basketball tournament that was held at the Escanaba High ...