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(Part 1 of a 2-part series)
According to recently released minutes of a closed session of the county board, commissioners were deeply divided last year over whether the county should appeal a union arbitrator's ruling regarding the status of deputy sheriff Bruce Beeker.
Two new county buildings now set up as 'hotspots'.
Visitors to the new Government Center and Law Enforcement Center in Suttons Bay Township now have free, wireless access to the Internet.
The Leelanau County Sheriff's Department last week took delivery of a new Marine Patrol boat that was paid for entirely through a $100,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR).
Incumbent Republican Sheriff Mike Oltersdorf trounced challenger Mark Walter in Tuesday's Primary Election, winning nearly 63 percent of the vote following a campaign that both candidates characterized as "bitter."
Richard A. Schmuckal won his old seat back on the county board by a margin of less than one percent over incumbent William J. Bunek in Tuesday’s Primary Election.
0.275-mill request is passed by nearly 6 percent margin.
Leelanau County voters approved renewal of a 0.275-mill property tax levy to support senior citizen services by a margin of nearly six percent in the Primary Election on Tuesday.
S-B and township to study forming Building Authority
County required to release minutes of closed sessions.
Pre-election campaign finance statements filed last week by candidates running for state and county offices in next week's Primary Election provide some insight into the kind of support the candidates have been receiving.
Leelanau County voters will be asked Tuesday to approve a 0.375-mill property tax levy to support operations of the county's 9-1-1 emergency dispatch center.
