Mar 26, 2026 | Around the UP, News
By Melissa Wentarmini Associate Editor Every March, when winter feels endless and the snowbanks have hardened into gray walls along driveways, the Superior Dome fills with boats. For more than three decades, the U.P. Boat, Sport & RV Show has arrived as a kind of...
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...
Mar 3, 2026 | Around the UP, News
By Melissa Wentarmini Associate Editor Small businesses and nonprofits across Michigan, including those in rural and small-town communities, may still qualify for federal clean energy tax credits that can significantly reduce the cost of building upgrades and...
