This week’s recipe comes from Bonnie Nescot of Art’s Tavern in Glen Arbor. She tells us this is an adaptation of a recipe originally from Food & Wine Magazine. It was also an entry it in the Empire Asparagus Festival Recipe Contest. More...

An upgrade to a generator that will allow school to remain open, with basic utilities when there is an outage, was approved this week by the Leland Board of Education. More...

The Cleveland Township Board last week gave its unqualified support to a plan put forward by the Little Traverse Lake Property Owners Association that would route the proposed Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail along the Lake Michigan shoreline rather than More...

Suttons Bay Township now owns a commercial building in Hansen Plaza in the Village of Suttons Bay which it plans to convert into township offices and meeting spaces in the months ahead. More...

A Northport woman has opened Red Mullein Fine Arts and Crafts at the Depot, a former train depot that was built in 1920. More...

Thirty-five years ago a couple people found a wooden-beamed anchor off the shores of Lake Michigan near Empire. The following year the little town had its first Anchor Days celebration, raising $1,700 for the Empire Museum. More...

Having your car broken into is no fun. Recovering is a bit more complicated if you’re living out of your car at the time. That was the case for Sally and David Viskochil in 1972. More...

Saving Birds Thru Habitat will host its second annual art show and wine reception benefit next month at Gallery 22 and 22 Vines and Wines south of Suttons Bay. Artwork will portray songbirds, bird habitat, native plants and insects. More...

Susan Raguse extended her arms and placed her hands upon the violin’s neck and bow. Carefully, she helped the student standing in front of her play, paying close attention to finger placement and technique. More...

Ohio artist Joe Lombardo will exhibit plein air paintings of Leelanau County, including scenes from the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Friday through July 26 at Center Gallery, Lake Street Studios in Glen Arbor. More...

When Reverend George Smith and his wife Arvilla arrived at their new home in the North with the Indian tribes from the Holland area, they found a beautiful land that was heavily forested. More...

Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear (PHSB) is offering three interpretive programs this summer that get people out in the historic district and inside some of the historic farmsteads. More...

Leelanau County will hold a household hazardous waste collection on Saturday, July 28, at the county government center. Acceptable materials include anti-freeze, art paints, transmission fluid, brake fluid, bug spray, fertilizer, fire extinguishers. More...

Five generations of the Leugers family celebrated the Fourth of July with their annual reunion at the family cottage on South Lake Leelanau. George and Louise Leugers bought the property on the lake in 1939. More...

A picnic potluck will be hosted by the Empire United Methodist Church on Saturday, Aug. 11 at 5 p.m. Christian musician Marty Miller will perform following the meal at 7 p.m. More...

Leelanau County is full of unusual places. In this Diversions, we explore some of those unheralded locations and put them on the map. More...

If the Andy Griffth Show had been filmed in Leelanau County, the producers would not have looked far for story ideas. And just like the still-popular sitcom of the 1950’s and 1960’s, the show would have revolved around the county jail. More...

A piece of ground known as “Graduation Green,” located on the campus of the historic Leelanau School in Glen Arbor Township, has been steadily amassing its own storied history in recent decades. More...

Northport villagers have a place to dump their brush and leaves again. The six-plus acre dump at the end of Eighth Street, just west of the Leelanau Township Fire Hall, re-opened for business last fall. More...

Many might not find anything while driving over the roads closest to Cathead Point. Thick woodlands hide houses, cellphone service drops off completely and the majority of the beach is privately owned. More...