Old jail building coming down | News, Sports, Jobs - Daily Press
Nov 20, 2024 · Noah Johnson | Daily Press The demolition of the old Delta County jail building began Tuesday. The jail has been vacant since the new jail attached to the Delta County Service Center was officially opened in June of 2019. After a tumultuous few years — which included a potential developer that stopped returning the city […]
Karen Lee Korpi | News, Sports, Jobs - Daily Press
Oct 5, 2024 · ESCANABA — Karen Lee Korpi, age 72, of Escanaba formerly of Rock passed away Friday, September 27, 2024, at her home in Escanaba. She was born July 22, 1952 in Detroit, Mich. and was the daughter of Leo and Irene (Lampinen) Korpi. Karen grew up in Orchard Lake, Mich., graduated from Andover High School in […]
Pardoning the unpardonable | News, Sports, Jobs - Daily Press
Dec 11, 2024 · WASHINGTON — Media reports say President Biden is about to issue a slew of blanket pre-emptive pardons for people associated with his administration to thwart any “revenge” the incoming Trump administration might take against them. While the Founders intended presidential power to be nearly unlimited (there is an exception for a president who has been […]
Courts | News, Sports, Jobs - Daily Press
Dec 11, 2024 · ESCANABA – The following individuals were recently sentenced in Delta County Circuit Court on unrelated charges. Sheena Marie King, homeless, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted possession of a controlled substance – methamphetamines. King was sentenced to 34 days in jail with credit for 34 days already served. She was also ordered to pay […]
Theater organ awaits restoration in Escanaba | News, Sports, Jobs ...
Nov 18, 2024 · The instrument is a model that was called a “unit orchestra,” for its scale and range was meant to recreate the sounds of a whole troupe of musicians with a variety of instruments — but played by one person. Unlike the somber church organ, theater organs were meant to accompany silent films of the era, producing a whole range of sound effects controlled by a player who sat at the ...
Local schedule 12/2/24 | News, Sports, Jobs - Daily Press
Dec 2, 2024 · Tonight’s games Boys’ basketball Gladstone at Ishpeming, 7:15 p.m. Stephenson at Powers North Central, 7:45 p.m. Girls’ basketball Superior Central at Engadine, 7:15 p.m. Kingsford at Bark River-Harris, 7:30 p.m. Rapid River at Carney-Nadeau, 7:45 p.m. Tuesday’s games Boys’ basketball Negaunee at Escanaba, 7 p.m. Bark River-Harris at West Iron County, 7:15 p.m. Hannahville at […]
Former U.P. woman to stand trial for 1997 murder of ‘Baby Garnet’
May 15, 2024 · LANSING — A former U.P. woman will stand trial for the murder of an infant in 1997. The Honorable Beth Ann Gibson of the 92nd District Court in St. Ignace bound over Nancy Gerwatowski, 60, formerly of Newberry, to stand trial for the cold-case murder of an infant discovered 27 years ago. Gerwatowski is charged […]
Obituaries | News, Sports, Jobs - Daily Press
ESCANABA — Francis Michael Dattilo, Jr., 79, passed away on December 11, 2024 at Christian Park Village in Escanaba. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on September 6, 1945, son of Francis Michael Dattilo and Amanda Marie (Cornell) Dattilo. A lifelong Catholic, he attended St. Luke’s Elementary. After graduation from St. Gregory High School in […]
Ken Curtis | News, Sports, Jobs - Daily Press
Sep 30, 2024 · Ken Curtis was a Master. It would not have been in his nature to accept this honorific nor to boast of having such a title but to those of us who knew and loved him, it is a well deserved epitaph. As a Master is to Zen, being human was to Ken. His excellence was […]
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2 days ago · Delta County museum, lighthouse plan open house in days after Christmas December 24, 2024 - Local News ESCANABA — The two days after Christmas — Thursday, Dec. 26 and Friday, Dec. 27 — the Sand Point Lighthouse, Delta County Historical Society Museum and Delta County Archives will be open to the public from 1 to 4 p.m.