The Leelanau County Democrats will host an opportunity to meet Congressional candidate Gary McDowell on Monday. Among those scheduled to attend the event, set for 5:30-7:30 p.m. More...

The Glen Lake Odyssey of the Mind team finished 16th among 43 teams in its division at the World OM competition held May 23-26 at Iowa State University. More...

One Leelanau County road commissioner thinks it’s time for the county to have an off-road vehicle (ORV) ordinance. More...

LINDA KETTERER of Northport glimpsed this bear about 7:15 Monday morning in her yard, north of Northport on Grand Traverse Bay near the Leelanau State Park. More...

A SUTTONS BAY youth recently took top honors at the state level and will compete in National History Day competition this month in Maryland. More...

Public schools in Leelanau County would gain more than $400,000 in additional funding based on a state school aid bill approved by the state House last week. More...

A GROUP of business women from Bangladesh visited the Suttons Bay-Leelanau Rotary Club last Thursday as part of a month-long Group Study Exchange through Rotary International. More...

Members of Elmwood Township’s Parks and Recreation Committee will meet again next Wednesday, June 13, to finalize work on an updated fiveyear Parks & Recreation Plan for the township. More...

A portion of CR 651 from Schomberg Road (CR 645) to Gatzke Road will be closed to through traffic for about two weeks. Work started yesterday and actual completion will depend on the weather, according to the Leenanau County Road Commission. More...

Trustee Barb VonVoigtlander announced this week that she plans to return for president of the Northport Village Council. VonVoigtlander, who has served nine years on the Council, will oppose incumbent president Fred Steffens. More...

Bingham Township will hold its annual meeting Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Bingham Township Hall, located in the historic Bingham Schoolhouse on the corner of Center Highway (County Road 633) and Bingham Road (County Road 618). More...

James G. Feil III, of 6167 Fouch Road in Solon Township, will serve nine months in jail with work release followed by 36 months of probation for an attempted larceny charge. More...

A Road Commission employee was injured Monday in a one-vehicle accident in Cleveland Township. Leroy Murphy, 52, of Maple City was northbound on Co. Rd. More...

The Leelanau Conservancy Jeff Lamont Preserve in Leelanau Township will be featured in a docent-led walk Saturday at 10 a.m. More...

Friends and family crowded the Glen Lake gymnasium to congratulate the 66 members of Glen Lake’s Class of 2012 which received diplomas Sunday. More...

The Suttons Bay High School Class of 2012 appears ready to do something remarkable, as their class motto proclaims. More...

June 8:Live acoustic guitar — 7:30 p.m.,Knot Just A BarKaraoke — 8:30 p.m., Kerby’s Barand GrilleKaraoke — 9:30 p.m., Cedar TavernJune 9:Leland Wine and Food Festival —Noon, Leland Harbor and Fishtown More...

Gail Ingraham, a master gardener and garden designer, is the speaker in the second in a series of speakers featured by Saving Birds Thru Habitat. Ingraham will demonstrate how to incorporate native plants in personal landscapes and gardens. More...

The little island in Northport Bay that is currently named Gull Island is a curiosity. (Years ago it was called Bellow Island.) It has always been a home for hundreds of seagulls. More...

THE CLASS OF 1962 at Northport held its 50th reunion last week at the home of classmate Dave Johnson in Omena. Carol Stowe Kalchik sits in front. First row, from left, are David A. More...

Nineteen $1,000-scholarships were awarded last month by the Ed & Irene Fleis Educational Fund. Fifty-five students applied for the scholarships which are available to anyone living in or with a lineal tie to Solon and/or Solon Townships. More...

Three members of the Maple City Class of 1956 along with one from the Empire Class of 1956 celebrated a combined reunion with the Glen Lake Class of 1957 and 1958. The event was held May 12 at Kerby’s Bar and Grill in Maple City. More...

The women’s fellowship of Trinity United Church of Christ in Northport are having their annual birthday party Tuesday at 7:03 p.m. More...

More than $90,000 in scholarships were awarded to Glen Lake seniors at the annual senior awards night May 24. Following is a list of scholarships awarded, the recipient and dollar amount. More...

Ricardo Saldivar of Chicago will present a talk titled “God’s Love Answers All Your Needs,” at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 21 at the Old Art Building in Leland. More...

Immanuel Lutheran Church in Leland will host noon organ concerts on alternating Wednesdays this summer. Beginning June 13, organist Mark Peters will perform for 20 to 30 minutes starting at noon. More...