Copper Beacon

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

Can wild rice rebound in the Keweenaw? — Copper Beacon 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.

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

Big Annie’s Likeness is Coming to Calumet — Copper Beacon Learn about the historical significance of Big Annie in Calumet, as well as local artist Jerome Patryjak’s connection to her.

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

Welcome to the Brand New Copper Beacon: What We’re Doing and Why — Copper Beacon Today marks the relaunch of a new and improved Copper Beacon. Let me tell you about its history, mission and plans for the future.

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 Grad Fulfills Dream of Owning Bakery, Gets Brick Thrown Through Window — Copper Beacon 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.

The perpetrators turned themselves in in less than 24 hours.

Community rallies behind robbed local businesses, perpetrators come clean — Copper Beacon 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.