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Celebrating centenarians

by jchampagne | December 19, 2025 | Community, Local History, News | 0 Comments

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...

Calendar spotlights seniors

by jchampagne | December 16, 2025 | Community, Culture & Arts, News | 0 Comments

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

by jchampagne | December 13, 2025 | Community, Local History, News | 0 Comments

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...

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

by jchampagne | December 11, 2025 | Breaking News, News | 0 Comments

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 side-by-side on fire next to a garage. The vehicle was extinguished, and the...

Ringing in the season

by jchampagne | December 8, 2025 | Community, Culture & Arts, News | 0 Comments

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...

Fill the Fire Trucks: Departments gear up for food drive

by jchampagne | December 2, 2025 | Community, News | 0 Comments

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 Munising and in nearby communities. Chief Ryan Anderson of the...

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.

by jchampagne | December 1, 2025 | Community, Culture & Arts, News | 0 Comments

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, bringing one of the most energetic crowds of the holiday season — and...

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

by jchampagne | November 28, 2025 | Local History, News | 0 Comments

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 Alger County. Michael Dugas of Munising — awarded two Bronze Stars for...

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

by jchampagne | November 28, 2025 | Culture & Arts, News | 0 Comments

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 fingerprints are on films like “Dr. Strange,” “Black Panther” and “For...

STEPS TO WELLNESS: Diabetes Awareness Month: What is diabetes?

by jchampagne | November 26, 2025 | Column, Health, News | 0 Comments

By Paula Ackerman Beacon Columnist Diabetes is a chronic health condition characterized by high levels of sugar in the bloodstream due to the body making little or no insulin. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that allows sugar to enter cells, which our bodies...

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