Foreclosed property sale bolsters county coffers

Poor cell phone reception in southwest Michigan may end up boosting the bottom line in Leelanau County’s bank account. John Morris of Montague registered for the first time as a bidder for an auction offering properties seized by local government due to unpaid property taxes. He ended up placing the high bid of $27,750 on Friday for the only Leelanau parcel in a four-county auction held online…

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