6+ hour, 26+ min ago   (323+ words) State regulators Thursday approved a $74.52 million gas rate hike for DTE Energy customers, which was less than half the total requested. A residential customer with typical usage of 75 hundred cubic feet of gas per month will see a 3.34% bill increase,…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (391+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- While a veteran who was set to travel on the Upper Peninsula Honor Flight Mission XXIX didn't get the chance, one guardian made sure his story was told. Michelle Labadie joined this year's UP Honor Flight as a guardian,…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (461+ words) ESCANABA -- Veterans from throughout the Upper Peninsula are preparing to depart from Escanaba for Washington, D.C., Wednesday on the 29th Upper Peninsula Honor Flight mission. 73 veterans -- including one woman -- who served during the Korean and Vietnam wars are set to board Mission…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (487+ words) Escanada resident Allen Palmgren and Badger the Border Collie walk down a sunny Ludington Street yesterday. Escanaba's Downtown Development Authority intends to attract many more walkers to the area on Friday, when the annual Sidewalk Sales take place. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (596+ words) Classic Labor Day imagery shows men wearing hard hats and tough women in uniforms. These are Americans who did not build their muscles at a wellness club. Their costume party doesn’t seem to fool actual blue-collar workers. In Democratic primaries,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (264+ words) MARQUETTE -- A Marquette man has been arrested following an alleged assault and theft of an e-bike At approximately 11:20 a.m. on Tuesday, Marquette Police Department officers responded to an assault on the sidewalk in front of the Warming Center on the 400 block…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (373+ words) HOUGHTON — The Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and Hancock will get an extensive, multi-year repair and upgrade under plans being developed by the Michigan Department of Transportation. Work will include removing and replacing the upper and lower decks of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (198+ words) GROVER, WISCONSIN-- A Marinette K9 detected illegal drugs -- some of which included fentanyl and black tar heroin -- during a traffic stop last week in the Town of Grover, resulting in two arrests. According to a press release, the charges stem from…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (299+ words) Trooper Tom Kinnunen has lived most of his life in the Upper Peninsula, worlds away from where he was born in Korea. "My parents adopted me when I was one," said Trooper Kinnunen. "The U.P. is my home. I have a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (887+ words) While dressed as an American Revolutionary War musician, James A. Strain presents a sword to a young fairgoer. (Sophie Vogelmann | Daily Press) James A. Strain, a retired percussion and music history professor from Northern Michigan University, was stationed behind the U.P. Veterans Museum…...