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ATC plans power outage in Norway

NORWAY — A planned electric service outage of up to four hours will begin at 12 a.m. Monday and may continue until 4 a.m. in parts of Norway. ATC’s planned outage will enable crews to safely replace insulators on 17 electric poles along a 69,000-volt power line, preventing potential ...

BACK to the BAY-CON returns for third year

ESCANABA — Escanaba’s Bay College will be hosting its third annual BAY-CON pop culture convention, titled “BACK to the BAY-CON.” The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time Saturday in the Physical Education Center gymnasium and Besse Center, with free admission and ...

Niagara prom court announced

NIAGARA, Wis. — The 2025 Niagara High School Junior Prom will take place from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday in the Niagara Elementary gymnasium. All Niagara High School students and approved guests are invited to attend. Students will enter and pay through the back doors of the school and line up ...

UP clinical campus reflects on 50 years of history

MARQUETTE — Fifty years ago, medical students made their debut in Escanaba at Doctor’s Park, the original site of the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Rural Physician Program. Since then, the program has graduated 350 doctors, many of whom continue to practice in the ...

Tribal chair to speak at LSSU commencement

SAULT STE MARIE — Lake Superior State University has announced Austin Lowes, chair for the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians, will be the commencement speaker for the university’s 63rd-annual commencement ceremony May 3 in Taffy Abel Arena in the James Norris Center. Lowes is the current ...

Players de Noc brings life to the stage for 60 years

By R. R. BRANSTROM Daily Press, Escanaba ESCANABA — Players de Noc, the volunteer community theater organization that performs primarily at the William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, enters its 60th year in 2025. In February 1965, at a meeting at Bay de Noc Community College, the “newly ...