A groundwater discharge permit has been issued for the Northport/Leelanau Township sewer project construction that is scheduled to begin this spring.
Chip Heckathorn, chief of the state Department of Environmental Quality's Revolving Loan and Operator Certification Section, confirmed yesterday morning that the permit, required for the $12 million sewer project to continue, was issued March 1 [...]
Lila Weber of Lake Leelanau watches the nightly news and prays that her grandson Ben Weber stays safe while serving his country in Iraq.
“He was a sweet boy, now he’s a sweet young man,” said Lila, who is very close to her grandson. Army Spec. Weber grew up on O’Brien Road, just south of Lake [...]
A Leelanau County Sheriff's Deputy who had been reinstated to road patrol may lose his job to a deputy who was fired last year for allegedly having "inappropriate contact" with a female crime suspect.
The deputy who Sheriff Mike Oltersdorf fired in April 2006 - Bruce Beeker - must be given his old job back, according [...]
