The Daily Press, Escanaba, MI

06/01/2026

The Escanaba Yacht Club reopened for the year, ready for sailing races and building rentals. Members look forward to the boating season, and welcome people with similar interests to consider joining.

ESCANABA — As is tradition for the Escanaba Yacht Club (EYC), the organization held their annual opening party the evening of the car parade on Friday. The EYC is a social club for boating enthusiasts and those who enjoy being near the water. Early members founded the EYC in 1934 and later built t...

06/01/2026

More than 150 years after its light first shined across Little Bay de Noc, the Sand Point Lighthouse remains one of Escanaba’s most enduring landmarks — a place where stories of tragedy, trailblazing women and community preservation still echo through its walls.

Editor’s note: The Daily Press, in cooperation with three other Upper Peninsula newspapers, is running companion pieces to Ogden Newspapers’ “America at 250” series, with a focus on the U.P.’s role in building America. ESCANABA — More than 150 years after its light first shined across Li...

06/01/2026

Twenty-five years after a young man with a landscaping business bought a single electronics store, a nationwide family of businesses has its home base in Escanaba.

ESCANABA – The locally-owned TEAM Wireless is an example of an Escanaba-area native successfully growing a business while maintaining small-town values. The Verizon store at 609 N. Lincoln Rd. in Escanaba is one of over 200 locations that TEAM Wireless now operates. CEO and owner Brian Boucher fir...

05/31/2026

Michigan's largest state park announces its first-ever ambassador position focused solely on the arts to deepen the connection between the Porcupine Mountains and the broader creative community.

ONTONAGON — This week, the Friends of the Porcupine Mountains (Friends of the Porkies) proudly announced the pilot of its newest initiative: the Park Artist Ambassador program. This new role works in addition to the park’s current photo ambassadors, representing the first-ever ambassador positio...

05/31/2026

We love cute pets! And providing for causes that help education as well as the local animal shelter...
Click the link to read the article, see a couple photos of area animals, and find out how to enter the contest.
Details and entry forms continue to be printed in the Daily Press.

ESCANABA — It’s time again for the annual Pet Idol contest conducted by the Daily Press. Community members may send in animal pictures from now until June 31, and people will vote through July for their favorite. The annual competition has supported Newspapers in Education (NIE), a program that ...

05/30/2026

For purchase: Peter’s popular pirate pants.

ESCANABA — The young man from Escanaba who paddled the Great Loop in a canoe is auctioning off a pair of trousers he made during that historic journey and wore during the final month. Peter Frank completed the over 4,800-mile expedition in October after being away for close to 17 months. He was gr...

05/29/2026

Aaaand they're off!

The Ludington Street Cruise, the car event that replaces the Krusin’ Klassics Fun Run for the first time this year, kicked off in downtown Escanaba at 7 p.m. on Friday. Here are some photographs of the lineup prior to start time.

05/29/2026

Golfers at the U.P. Finals enjoyed fine weather at Sweetgrass.

HARRIS — It was a great day for golf with temperatures in the 70s and light winds for the MHSAA Division 1 U.P. Golf Finals. Marquette backed up last year’s title as they ended the day with a team best 295 points finishing ahead of second place Escanaba with 3014 points and third place Houghton ...

05/29/2026

Cooperation between area partners, including the three event sponsors and many raffle prize donors, was evident at the most recent Business After Hours, a monthly event coordinated through the Delta Chamber of Commerce.
An article detailing the event, including quotes from speeches about the cohosts (Daily Press, DATA, and Community Action), is found here and on the front page of today's paper.

ESCANABA — Wednesday evening’s Business After Hours, cohosted by three local organizations, provided over 100 attendees with social time, networking opportunities, education about programs, multiple raffle drawings, food and drink. Business After Hours (BAH) is a recurring event organized throug...

05/29/2026

Last week, the Alger County Correctional Facility welcomed two beagles who were recently released from the Ridglan Farms, a beagle-breeding operation in southern Wisconsin which has a history of supplying dogs to biomedical research facilities.