Mar 24, 2026 | Schools, Sports
By Brad Gischia Beacon Correspondent Mark your calendars for a day of basketball at the Manistique High School gym. The 24th annual Yooper Hoopers Basketball Tournament will take place April 11. Each year the tournament is put on to benefit students as a fundraiser...
Mar 19, 2026 | Schools, Sports
Photo courtesy of Swift Family: Coach Nick Exelby. Ethan Swift. Dylan Swift. Head Coach Hunter MacArthur By Samantha Meyer Beacon Correspondent The 2025 soccer season ended with recognition for Munising Baptist School as brothers Dylan and Ethan Swift were both named...
Mar 16, 2026 | Features, Local History, News
Photo courtesy of Iverson Snowshoes Longtime Alger firm regroups in Chassell By Joshua Grove Beacon Correspondent In the early 1950s, a transport driver for Shingleton’s Cusino Corrections Prison Work Camp observed crews of inmates as they trekked by snowshoe to...
Mar 14, 2026 | Local History, State News
By Jennifer Champagne Managing Editor Mike Duggan, the former three-term mayor of Detroit and an independent candidate for Michigan governor, told a small group of Munising-area residents that he is running to break what he described as a “51-49” cycle of partisan...
