July 19, 2012 RSS feed / Local News

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'TOP DOG' CHOICES

Partial line-up of Omena mayoral candidates
MIKA IS Lhasa Apso owned by Helen Putnam Bradley. More...

County Board creates new unionized position

By Alan Campbell
of the Enterprise staff

A split vote by the County Board Tuesday night created a new Teamster’s Union position within the county Treasurer’s office. More...

Inmate earns Northport diploma

Drugs root of student’s crime, mother says
By Patti Brandt
Of The Enterprise staff

They say it takes a village to raise a child. Places like Northport don’t stop there. Christopher J. Hammersley was 17 when convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to three to 15 years in prison. More...

Lab distracted driver; ticket issued for accident

A 17-year-old Northport woman was ticketed following a one-car accident Sunday that left her passenger hospitalized. Raechel Craker was northbound on Cherry Bend Road about 11:45 a.m. More...

Low offer to buy G-L school bonds charges less than 1% interest

The purchase of just over $250,000 in laptop computers and software was approved this week by the Glen Lake Board of Education based on the successful sale of bonds OK’d earlier this year by voters. More...

Pier input asked for

Members of the public are being invited to a meeting tonight, Thursday to offer their thoughts on designs for a public fishing pier at the Elmwood Township Marina. The township’s Marina Committee will meet at 6 p.m. More...

Kasson crash leads to drunk driving charge

A 42-year-old Traverse City man was arrested Saturday for operating under the influence of alcohol after a one-car crash in Kasson Township. At 10:50 p.m. More...

Daytime thefts reported in county

Deputies are investigating a series of daytime home break-ins resulting in losses to the owners. Detective Bob Bailey said six to eight of these break-ins have been reported over the past several months. More...

Spinniken graduates

Elisabeth Cate Spinniken, daughter of Alan and Nancy Spinniken of Lake Leelanau, graduated magna cum laude from Western Michigan University with a degree in music therapy. More...

Board discusses fire dept. changes

By Amy Hubbell
Of The Enterprise staff

Details on efforts to make all fire department personnel employees of the Glen Lake Fire Department were discussed this week by the Glen Arbor Township Board. More...

G-A wants signs to lead trail cyclists away from businesses

Way-finding signs directing users of the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail around Glen Arbor rather than through the commercial district were approved this week by the Glen Arbor Township Board. More...

Parked trailer not covered by zoning, administrator says

Complaints about an Airstream trailer parked in Glen Arbor’s commercial district were discussed this week by the Glen Arbor Township Board. More...

New S-B biz has bikes and tours

By Mike Spencer
Of The Enterprise staff

Kasey and Nick Wierzba have opened a “ma and pop” cycling shop in Suttons Bay. The family-owned business and fullservice bike shop also includes a touring company with bike rentals. More...

County corn crop in need of steady rain

By Patti Brandt
Of The Enterprise staff

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has been flooded with calls from farmers, the media and a host of hot, dry people who all want to know when in the heck it’s going to rain. More...

Featured Speakers

MARIO BATALI and Bob Sloan were featured speakers Tuesday at the Leelanau Township Library’s Friends Summer Series. More...

Glen Lake sets meeting dates, names banks, more

A series of “routine” business was conducted Monday by the Glen Lake Board of Education as part of its consent agenda. The agenda combines a number of routine items previously discussed for a collective vote to approve all of them. More...

Dispatch Blotter

Last Wednesday, 3:32 a.m. — Kasson Township — Caller out with two males dressed in camouflage. Spoke with mom, youths are going home. Last Wednesday, 9:39 a.m. More...

Man, 52, held on wife assault

A 52-year-old Vicksburg, Mich. man was arrested in Glen Arbor early Saturday morning after allegedly assaulting his wife. More...

TC motorcyclist hospitalized after Sunday crash

A Traverse City man was injured in a motorcycle accident Sunday north of Northport. Michael Stein, 52, was southbound on N. More...

Correction:

The Glen Arbor Women’s Club sixth annual Running Bear 5K run, walk and half mile kids’ run will be held Tuesday, July 24. The date of the race and the headline were incorrect in last week’s Enterprise. We regret the error. More...