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Guts Frisbee has many ties to the Keweenaw Peninsula. From a simple family backyard game to today a competitive sport. This weekend the 64th Annual Coca-Cola International Frisbee Tournament will bring some of the world’s best Guts Frisbee players to the Hancock Driving Park for two days of action. And …

There’s something about summertime and strawberries that makes the town of Chassell come to life. Historically, farmers harvested their yearly berry crop and sent it out to major cities.Today, just four farms produce the abundantly sweet fruit.But there is a whole lot of sweetness and hard work going into the …

Editor’s Note: The responding departments to the crash site were Lake Linden Fire, Bootjack Fire, and Bootjack First Responders. A single-car crash on the Gay Road Thursday evening sent the a Belleville, Michigan, man to the hospital. Preliminary information from the Houghton County Sheriff’s Department indicates the vehicle was eastbound …

The distinctive taste of the world’s best strawberries returns to Chassell this morning, as the 74th Copper Country Strawberry Festival gets underway. Strawberry shortcake made from locally-grown heritage berries will be served at the Centennial Park Pavilion from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today, and from 9 a.m. to 4 …

Through Copper Country art and artists, the region’s history, people and culture survives. And once again the Copper Country Community Arts Center is providing mini-grants to help communities do just that. CCCAC will disperse grants of up to 4,000 dollars from the Michigan Arts and Cultural Council, for communities to …

Editor’s Note: Some footage from tonight’s broadcast on ABC 10 UP/CW5, from our correspondent Thomas Fournier, for the Buffalo Reef Task Force meeting was taken at the Historic School at the Gay Museum. Recently the museum hung on their walls placards for their newest permanent exhibit, Copper Milling at Gay: …

Ready… set… not quite go.  After some last-minute deliberation over the language governing its new Business and Technology Park, the Hancock City Council delayed approving the document last night. The regulations will be tweaked, and considered again at the council’s next meeting. In the meantime, city staff will continue to …

Officials looking to restore an historic building in Calumet are asking for financial donations. Volunteers have already invested hundreds of hours at 425 5th Street, to stabilize the structure. That included the placement of tarps over the failing roof, but that temporary fix didn’t last very long. The good news …

Kids on the autism spectrum will have a chance to meet local first responders at a special event on Saturday. Autism Safety Day is an opportunity for children on the autism spectrum, their families, as well as other students with disabilities to socialize with emergency personnel in a low stress, …

On Saturday during the Chassell Strawberry Festival you can check out how MTU researchers operate and go about their duties aboard the Agassiz. The research vessel will dock at the Chassell Marina and start their first departure at 12:30 pm. The lat excursion to go out will leave at 5 …