An open house and 90th birthday celebration will be held on Saturday, April 28 for Irma Henion, who was born in Bingham Township on April 27, 1917.
Birds, deer rely on their resiliency
Brett Fessell and his family made a point of spending part of Easter Sunday in the backyard of their Maple City-area home.
The Fessells, like many county residents, had just spent the prior three days inside as an early spring storm dumped up to 15 inches of snow on the county. [...]
Secret negotiations now ongoing between five Michigan Indian tribes, the federal government and the State of Michigan may be at a temporary impasse because of objections raised by one of the tribes – Leelanau County’s own Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.
April 17, 2007 – 12:58 pm
Issue centers on deputies' seniority
The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners will support a new contract ratified earlier this week by the Leelanau County Deputy Sheriff’s Association — but Sheriff Mike Oltersdorf says he still has some concerns and may not sign the pact.
Big temperature swings have cherry growers keeping fingers crossed
At 78, Maple City resident Joe Shimek can't remember the last time he's seen snow fall and stick to the ground this late in April.
“You tend to forget the bad things,” the lifelong cherry grower said.
He planned an afternoon walk in his orchard planned yesterday just [...]
The owner of a BayView condo unit in the Village of Suttons Bay should get her $729,000 back from the developer because of defects in how it was constructed, according to Leelanau County Circuit Court Judge Philip E. Rodgers Jr.
A Maple City man will spend the next one to 10 years in prison after being sentenced for the break-in of a Maple City business.
The Empire Township and Glen Arbor Township fire boards have tentatively scheduled a joint meeting for Wednesday, April 25, at 11 a.m. to discuss combining fire department operations.
The resignations of a two longtime teachers were accepted and a 3-year contract for the school business manager approved Monday night by the Suttons Bay Board of Education.
Board members voted 7-0 Monday to accept the resignations of middle school special education teacher Kathleen Weaver and sixth grade teacher William Green, effective at the end [...]