Copper Beacon

08/19/2024

The Main Street Calumet fundraiser was another success! Congratulations to East Fork Pasty Company for taking home the big win.🥟

Pasty Fest celebrated its 20th year in Calumet last week, uniting people across the Keweenaw over the region’s traditional dish: the pasty. This year was renaissance themed, and attendees of all ages dressed for the occasion. Opening ceremonies at noon were led by CLK Marching Band, MTU Pep Band, ...

08/18/2024

Learn how newsrooms looked in the 1950's versus today with this firsthand account from our Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Donovan.

How far journalism has come—from typewriters to word processing, internet tools, social media and beyond.  And I’ve seen it all. When I fell in love with newspapering—as editor of my 7th grade newspaper in the 1950s—we wrote on manual typewriters. When I was in high school, the gift of ...

06/11/2024

“We need to celebrate the rights that q***r people have earned,” said Emily Stanton.

“We get to love each other in the open and be our true, authentic selves. We want this event to connect all the generations of q***r people living in the Keweenaw Peninsula.”

Pridefest is sponsored by Keweenaw Qu**rs, a local collaborative that provides a home for non-binary people and their allies in our community.

06/05/2024

The Co-op's move downtown signifies a major step, not only for the business itself but also for the surrounding area. Keweenaw Co+op Market & Deli officials believe the new location will be transformative.

The Co-op's move downtown signifies a major step, not only for the business itself but also for the surrounding area. Despite delays, Co-op officials say construction is back on track.

06/04/2024

For everyone who loves the U.P., there are small ways we can participate in helping Manoomin as we go about our days.

Manoomin, wild rice in the Ojibwa language, is not a crop, but a living being with a deep spiritual, historical and cultural meaning to the people who first settled in the Great Lakes region.

05/27/2024

“I was interested in her very human story,” said Patryjak. “I believe my grandmother knew Annie when she was young.”

Learn about the historical significance of Big Annie in Calumet, as well as local artist Jerome Patryjak’s connection to her.

05/24/2024

Unsung heroes like wastewater treatment managers make the world go ‘round in our towns and townships. Check out what Jones has to say about how you can help as a resident.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a maintenance supervisor in a small rural municipality?
Probably not!
But Truman Jones knows all about it! Join our lively conversation as he explains the path of water use (and more) in our latest episode.
Photo credit: Kaelyn Wright

https://www.copperharborvitality.com/podcast

05/18/2024

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05/06/2024

A team of volunteers leads the way for the revitalization of your local non-profit news source.

Today marks the relaunch of a new and improved Copper Beacon. Let me tell you about its history, mission and plans for the future.

05/02/2024

From humble beginnings at From the Ground Farmers Market Collective, to the procurement of her own Laurium bakery, Erin Turner exhibits sisu despite a recent act of vandalism.

Read more about the story of Copper Country Sweets.

Young baker and business entrepreneur Erin Baker exhibits sisu as she overcomes obstacles to open her bakery, Copper Country Sweets, including an incident of vandalism.

04/27/2024

The perpetrators turned themselves in in less than 24 hours.

Two men entered the Hirvonen building in Hancock on the Quincy Green and stole “a felonious amount” of items from businesses on the 4th floor.

03/27/2024

Congratulations to all of the winners! We are grateful for community members that strive to make the Copper Country a better place for everyone in it.

12/23/2023

Reporter Jennifer Donovan looked into what's been going on with the high turnover rate at the Houghton County prosecutor's office.

Lately, the Houghton County prosecutor’s office has looked like a revolving door. Prosecutors come; prosecutors go. What is going on? Is there internal political turmoil? Some kind of shenanigans?

12/10/2023

Our latest, from freelance reporter Juxta Sprague!

An event to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall on Michigan Tech’s campus last month devolved into a billboard for hate which was defended as constitutionally protected free speech.