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Glen Arbor, Leland welcome big crowds for Independence Day Parades
PARADE CHAIR David “Chauncey” Shiflett checks his list and radios fellow volunteers that the Leland Fourth of July parade is about to begin. Shiflett is also a county commissioner. Looking on is former county commissioner Richard Schmuckal, who was part of a veterans color [...]
The Fourth of July was fun, but Leelanau is preparing for an even more important parade.
Three events are planned at the Leland Library throughout the remainder of the month.
Tribal members, casino employees, local veterans and volunteers have been meeting regularly for months to help organize this week's visit to Leelanau County of the Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall.
School recommended for closure by superintendent
Arlene Lautner has seen generations of children grow up on the playground at Norris Elementary School.
That tradition could be ending now that teachers, families and students have learned that the 2007-08 school year at Norris, its 131st, could be its last.
Norris Elementary in Elmwood
Norris, the largest elementary school in Leelanau [...]
An overturned float-plane bobs in the waters of Northport Bay late Saturday afternoon after it flipped following a takeoff attempt. Read related story on the rescue.
An older couple from Bellaire whose float-plane overturned after trying to take off from Northport Bay may owe their lives to Leelanau County Deputy Sheriff Wayne Kalchik.
They called them "Tin Lizzies."
Over 15 million of them were built, but 80 years have elapsed since the last one rolled off the assembly line.
In their day, they were a phenomenal success, as attested to by the production figures. And some of them will be touring Leelanau County the third weekend of this month.
