Jul 30, 2026 | Features, News
Photo courtesy of Nick Livermore ‘The light of the room’ By Jennifer Champagne Managing Editor Before she became the subject of a missing person investigation, Starla Goings was something far more important to the people who knew and loved her. She was a mother to...
Jul 28, 2026 | Community, News
By Greg “Ponzie” Pond Guest Columnist I met Goofus in Munising in 1981. Like a lot of people who crossed his path, I didn’t just meet him — I got swept up in him. He came flying into our lives the way he did everything else — loud, fearless and carrying that...
Jul 28, 2026 | Events, News
By Samantha Meyer Beacon Correspondent Fans of classic rock and country music can look forward to an evening of familiar favorites as Angels & Outlaws returns to Munising for another performance in the Alger Parks and Recreation Department’s Concert in the Park...
Jul 24, 2026 | News, State News
By Grace Geshrick Beacon Correspondent A bill introduced in the state Senate would prohibit children under the age of 16 from accessing or creating accounts on social media platforms. Michigan Senate Bill No. 996, introduced May 20, would also require 16- and...
Jul 23, 2026 | Elections, News
By Melissa Wentarmini Associate Editor Erich Fix has spent a decade at the Alger Transit Authority, beginning as a bus driver before moving through dispatch and operations and eventually becoming executive director. From behind the wheel and inside the Altran office,...
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...
