Calendar spotlights seniors

Dec 16, 2025 | Community, Culture & Arts, News

By Nicole Gearhart Beacon Correspondent The Alger County Commission on Aging has released the 2026 Exceptional Seniors Calendar, now available for purchase at Putvin Drug Store’s pharmacy counter or at the ACCOA office, located at 1604 Sand Point Road in Munising. ...

Bennett remembers time in U.S. Army Reserves

Dec 13, 2025 | Community, Local History, News

By Nicole Gearhart Beacon Correspondent Retired Colonel Normajean Bennett, 93, of Grand Marais says she is enjoying the peacefulness of being back in the Upper Peninsula after a busy life split between the U.S. Army Reserves and teaching college courses. “It’s so nice...

Stake the Lake: Support for those facing cancer

Dec 11, 2025 | Community

By Joshua Grove Beacon Correspondent Stake the Lake, the Eric R. Beverly Family Foundation’s annual cancer awareness and remembrance walk, returns to Munising on Saturday, Sept. 27. The event honors those affected by cancer while raising money for Alger County...

A Thanksgiving Caper

Dec 9, 2025 | Column, Community

By Billy Golden Floof-at-Large Listen. I need to clear the air about something, and I want to get ahead of the rumors. Yes — I pulled off the greatest food heist in family history two days before Thanksgiving. And no — there is still no evidence. Not a crumb. Not a...

Ringing in the season

Dec 8, 2025 | Community, Culture & Arts, News

By Brad Gischia Beacon Correspondent It’s time to start checking off your holiday list, especially now that Thanksgiving is behind us and the green and red behemoth of Christmas looms. During the hustle and bustle of shopping, meals, parties and end-of-the-year...