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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
AUSTIN, Texas — Both parties expected Republicans to win an early round Wednesday in a growing national redistricting battle by pushing a new congressional map creating five new potential GOP seats past its biggest obstacle in the Texas Legislature. The Republican-controlled Texas House ...
