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U.P. State Fair attendance rises from last year

By Escanaba Daily Press staff ESCANABA — The 2025 Upper Peninsula State Fair wrapped up Sunday after a week of strong attendance and community support, organizers said. Fairgoers packed the midway, barns and grandstand, driving record gate revenue and vendor sales, despite bouts of rain ...

Labor Day celebration planned in Rock

MARQUETTE — The Rock Lions Club is set to host the 80th annual Labor Day celebration on Saturday, Aug. 30. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. at the Bible Chapel, east of the M-35 intersection in Rock and then heads north to the Rock Lions Club. This year’s theme is “Summer in the ...

Gubernatorial candidates: Tom Leonard, R-DeWitt

MARQUETTE — As part of The Mining Journal’s coverage of candidates for upcoming state and federal elections, the first candidate we’ve interviewed for Michigan’s 2026 gubernatorial race is Tom Leonard. Born in Montrose and after earning his Juris Doctorate degree from Michigan State ...

Constitutional Convention vote set for 2026 in Michigan

Every 16 years, Michigan voters are asked whether the state should hold a Constitutional Convention, where a group of delegates will work together to overhaul the state constitution. While the mechanism for calling a convention, informally known as a “Con-Con,” was written into the ...