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Breaking News: Community mourns after fatal Munising house fire

by jchampagne | April 24, 2026 | Breaking News, News | 0 Comments

By Staff A 3-year-old child has died following a structure fire Thursday evening in the city of Munising, according to Alger County Public Information Officer Robert Steinhoff. In a media release issued by Steinhoff in his role as Alger County Public Information...

Breaking News: Fatal fire reported in Munising; multiple departments respond

by jchampagne | April 24, 2026 | Breaking News, News | 0 Comments

APRIL 23, 2026, MUNISING-At 5:44PM, Alger County Dispatch received a 911 call for a structure fire in the City of Munising on the 600 block of West Superior Street. Munising City Fire Department, Munising Township, AuTrain Township, and Rock River Township Fire...

Election 2026: Event kicks off Steinhoff’s judicial campaign

by jchampagne | April 15, 2026 | News | 0 Comments

Kayla Maki By Jennifer Champagne Managing Editor Alger County Prosecutor Robert T. Steinhoff formally launched his campaign for 11th Circuit Court judge Friday evening before a full house at Gallery Coffee Co. Supporters packed the venue’s main event space as...

Icebreakers schedule tryouts

by jchampagne | April 6, 2026 | News, Schools, Sports | 0 Comments

Courtesy of the Superior Icebreakers Jersey Lassila, with puck, and the Superior Icebreakers have tryouts scheduled for April 12 in Escanaba. By Samantha Meyer Beacon Correspondent Tryouts for the Superior Icebreakers girls hockey program are set for April 12 in...

Maxon returns to lead Mustang softball team

by jchampagne | April 6, 2026 | News, Schools, Sports | 0 Comments

By Ben Murphy Beacon Correspondent It’s safe to say that the Munising softball program is near and dear to Jim Maxon’s heart. He has been around since Day 1 of the program, including a six-year stint as its first head coach. Maxon is officially back with the team, as...

Excellence in Education: Horne noted for curiosity, humor

by jchampagne | April 4, 2026 | News, Schools | 0 Comments

By Melissa Wentarmini Associate Editor A combination of curiosity, humor and academic dedication has earned Superior Central High School senior Clay Horne recognition through the regional Excellence in Education scholarship program. The program, organized by Grow...

Superior Dome hosts annual U.P. Boat, Sport & RV Show

by jchampagne | March 26, 2026 | Around the UP, News | 0 Comments

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...

Business News: Another step for Iverson

by jchampagne | March 16, 2026 | Features, Local History, News | 0 Comments

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...

Major winter storm shuts down bridge, courthouse and services across Alger County

by jchampagne | March 16, 2026 | News | 0 Comments

By Jennifer Champagne Managing Editor A powerful winter storm is sweeping across Upper Michigan on Sunday, March 15, forcing widespread shutdowns across the region, closing the Mackinac Bridge, grounding flights at Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport and closing...

2026 Election | Governor of Michigan: Duggan begins to make his case

by jchampagne | March 14, 2026 | Local History, State News | 0 Comments

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...

Roam for Good Award: Beverly turns adversity into force for good

Dec 11, 2025 | Community

Editor’s note: Each month, The Munising Beacon and the Roam Community Foundation honor a local resident whose dedication and quiet leadership make Alger County a stronger, more connected place to...

Breaking News: Side-by-side fire contained on Chestnut Street; resident heard explosion

Dec 11, 2025 | Breaking News, News

By Jennifer Champagne Managing Editor Munising Fire Department crews responded Wednesday evening to a report of a fire in the 200 block of Chestnut Street. Firefighters arrived to find a...

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...

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...

Fill the Fire Trucks: Departments gear up for food drive

Dec 2, 2025 | Community, News

By Nicole Gearhart Beacon Correspondent Local fire departments will again join forces on Saturday, Dec. 6, for the annual Fill the Fire Trucks food drive, held from noon to 2 p.m. within the city of...

U.P. Voice competition returns for its fifth year, kicking things off with a fresh round of finalists who are ready to light up Gallery Coffee Co.

Dec 1, 2025 | Community, Culture & Arts, News

By Jennifer Champagne Managing Editor Twenty singers. Five judges. One packed downtown coffeehouse. The fifth annual U.P. Voice Singing Competition returns to Gallery Coffee Co. on Thursday, Dec. 4,...

Dugas inducted into VA Hall of Heroes: Honoring a life of valor

Nov 28, 2025 | Local History, News

By Melissa Wentarmini Associate Editor At the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center’s Veterans Day Hall of Heroes ceremony, the spotlight shone on a veteran whose story is woven into the fabric of...

‘Ben-Hur’ was a big bet that paid off for MGM

Nov 28, 2025 | Culture & Arts, News

AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE: 100 YEARS ... 100 MOVIES By Brad Gischia Beacon Columnist Movies are better with a buddy — especially when that buddy is Todd Sheridan Perry, a visual effects artist whose...

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