Jul 21, 2026 | Local History, News
The S.S. Kiowa was carrying a cargo of flaxseed, bound for Chicago, when it sank in Lake Superior on Nov. 30, 1929, about 4.5 miles west of Point Au Sable. (Courtesy of National Park Service) By Phyllis Pokela Alger County Historical Society The weather was not kind...
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...
Jan 20, 2026 | Around the UP, Column, Culture & Arts, Local History, Outdoors
By Chris Chabot Guest Columnist July 1994, Sault Ste. Marie in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula: It was midnight, and I was in the pilothouse of the Anglian Lady. We were making our way through the Soo Locks, this tight nautical passage being the lone entry into the vast...
Jan 10, 2026 | Local History, News
Photo courtesy of Bill Savage. Editor’s note: In the Nov. 5 issue, The Beacon launched a series profiling some of Alger County’s centenarians. The series continues with Eileen St. Amour. By Jennifer Champagne Managing Editor For her 100th birthday, Eileen St. Amour’s...
Dec 19, 2025 | Community, Local History, News
Photo courtsey of Bill Savage By Jennifer Champagne Managing Editor ‘He doesn’t let anything stop him’ When 100-year-old Ed Gage was asked if he wanted a subscription to The Munising Beacon, he didn’t miss a beat. “Do I get it free for being a hundred?” he asked.How...
