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Leaders of the unions representing road patrol deputies and sergeants in the Leelanau County Sheriff's office are continuing to voice their displeasure with their boss, Sheriff Mike Oltersdorf, but have stopped short of formally endorsing his opponent in the Aug. 5 Primary Election - so far.
George Henderson of Empire is not the kind of guy who's accustomed to the spotlight.
For nearly 30 years, he's spent much of his life "out in the field" at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, sitting astride an excavator or a bulldozer, slowly and steadily restoring National Park Service property to its natural state.
Though the construction industry and the state economy are struggling, the Leelanau County Construction Code Authority is holding its own, according to county building official and authority director Robert Meyer.
The pace was brisk Monday morning at the Suttons Bay Village Hall.
Village manager Wally J. Delamater, who's been filling that position since May, answered questions or heard reports from the head of the village's department of public works, the village clerk, the director of public utilities, and the village bookkeeper - all within the space [...]
It may be more than six months later than originally thought, but Leelanau County officials have scheduled another "summit meeting" for township officials interested in collaborating more closely on fire and rescue issues.
A lawsuit filed by former Leelanau County building official Robert VanDyke against the county and administrator David W. Gill has been dismissed.
At least one county employee is extremely happy that he has decent health insurance.
Undersheriff Scott Wooters late last month suffered a injury at home that kept him out of work for several weeks and will keep him in a wheelchair for several weeks more.
Following briefings and discussions conducted at four public meetings over the last two months, the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners has delayed acting on a proposal that would substantially increase contributions county employees must make to a county-sponsored health insurance program.
County commissioners last week got an earful from local veterans about plans to relocate the county Veterans Memorial from the old courthouse in Leland to the new Government Center campus in Suttons Bay Township.
The federal arbitrator who ordered that Bruce Beeker be reinstated as a Leelanau County Deputy Sheriff last week issued a scathing, 40-page "Essay with Satire" directed against 13th Circuit Court Judge Philip E. Rodgers Jr. and Sheriff Mike Oltersdorf.
