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Visitor center created

Facility will serve Northport, Omena and Leelanau Twp.

An old potato warehouse most recently used as an exhibition hall for the Northport Sesquicentennial will serve as a visitor center this summer.
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A flurry of festive activities in county

Jean Sedlacek is having about 40 relatives and friends over to her Leland Township home Friday afternoon and evening.

There will be plenty of food and beverages, a new enclosed porch, and her own fireworks display to kick off what she hopes will be a festive Fourth of July holiday weekend.
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County 'whistleblower' suit dismissed

A lawsuit filed by former Leelanau County building official Robert VanDyke against the county and administrator David W. Gill has been dismissed.
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Undersheriff, hurt in fall, praised insurance program

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.
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Proposal to hike county workers' insurance cost fails to get OK

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.
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Veterans 'disgusted' over plans for new memorial

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.
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Beeker case arbitrator rips judge, Sheriff

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.
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Northport marina gets wirless acces boost

Wireless Internet access will be improved for boaters in G. Marsten Dame Marina in Northport following action taken last week by the Northport Village Council.
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Settlement reached in talks over easements for sewer

A settlement in negotiations over the value of easements needed for the Northport/Leelanau Township sewer project was reached this week.
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It's a 'go'


Groundbreaking signals start of a new era at Northport Highlands retirement community.

Northport resident Virginia Thomas isn't ready to move in today, but she likes the thought of having an assisted living facility built down the road - just in case.
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