Aug 27, 2025 | Community
By Jennifer Champagne Managing Editor A contentious chapter in Alger County’s snowmobiling history has reached a turning point. After more than a decade of stalled negotiations, expired agreements and frustrated stakeholders, Trail 422 has officially reopened under a...
Aug 27, 2025 | News
By Jennifer Champagne Managing Editor A Canadian pilot en route to the Marquette Air Show made an emergency landing on the Seney Stretch portion of M-28 on July 31 after experiencing engine failure mid-flight. The incident prompted a coordinated response from the...
Aug 27, 2025 | Schools
By Melissa Wentarmini Associate Editor On a typical school day between classes, the hallway outside the main office at Superior Central School swells with middle and high schoolers. For most, the passing time between classes is an opportunity to check messages, scroll...
Aug 27, 2025 | News
By Kristy Basolo Senior Editor The Munising Beacon is now under new local ownership. Jennifer Champagne, sole owner of The Munising Beacon, has taken the reins of the publication — and somehow talked the paper’s founder, Steve Stiffler, into coming back as...
Aug 27, 2025 | Top Story
By Jennifer Champagne Beacon Correspondent Alger County Prosecuting Attorney Robert Steinhoff filed a writ of superintending control with the 11th Circuit Court last week, seeking the immediate disqualification of Judge Brian D. Rahilly from presiding over criminal...
