Historic Ruby Ellen Farm celebrates its agricultural heritage on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Glen Arbor Players have announced the cast for its first theatrical production of the 2024 season. “After two very competitive auditions in Glen Arbor and Traverse City, were have selected an extremely talented and experienced cast,” director Harriet Mittelberger said.

The Leland Township Library offers more than books this summer, as it takes on responsibility for the lasting legacy of the Leelanau Summinars. The library has taken on the Leelanau Summinars, a program that provides an annual lineup of thought-provoking seminars across a wide variety of engaging topics.

My husband, Tim Egeler, and I were married at Port Oneida in the summer of 2021, on the bluff overlooking the site of the dock that Tim’s great-greatgreat- grandfather Thomas Kelderhouse built in 1862. My husband’s great-grandparents — Martin Egeler and Florence May Kelderhouse — who were also married at Port Oneida, are buried in the cemetery on the corner of M-22.

The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners appeared to overcome a case of “sticker shock” Tuesday and decided to move ahead on two projects that could cost taxpayers nearly $5 million over the next year. The price for a new roof on the county’s Law Enforcement Center (LEC) has been set at $1.2 million – about 30% higher than originally anticipated. *** Leelanau Township Clerk Deborah Van Pelt has submitted her resignation. Supervisor Doug Scripps said Van Pelt submitted a letter of resignation at the township board’s regular meeting Tuesday, adding Van Pelt would like the resignation to take effect at the end of the month. Scripps said the board Tuesday didn’t vote on whether to accept the letter of resignation, adding it plans to do so at the board’s regular meeting in June.

More than 70 county residents were named to the dean’s list at Northwestern Michigan College for the recently ended semester. They are, in alphabetical order: Cameron Alberts, Corbin Alberts, Eliza Bardenhagen, Ruby Bardenhagen, Danica Bonter, Brooklyn Brittain, Joseph Buffum, Mcguire Butz, Karin Chrostek, Derek Councilor, Abbigail Couturier, Libby Couturier, Olivia Craker, Avalon Davidson, Christian Edson, Liam Eldred, Payton Fewins, Samuel Fikes, Benjamin Filipkowski, Zoe Fisher, Kate Forton, Anthony Grant, Keira Greene, Justine Greenfelder, Jacqueline Gregory, Piper Hartley, Hazel Heilman, Henry Heitman, Carley Hooper, Everett Howell, Bailey Jacobs-Hart, Melissa Kilway, Chedra King, Kylen Kintigh, Madison Lammers, Ella Laureto, John Leachman,William Lewellen, Nicholas Lingaur, Jessica Loucks, Emma Marion, Allison Martin, Gavino Martinelli, Elloura McLincha, Elizabeth Meyer, Anna Mitchell, Daniel Nolan, Wesley Peplinski, Carlos Perez, Destiny Peterson, Rachel Priest, Morgan Reames, Isabella Rice, Sydney Richardson, Clarissa Rohrback, Matt Rybicki, Nathan Sanderson, Justina Schaub, Samuel Schutte, Kai Wyn Segerlind, Lily Serrano, Violeta Serrano, Ella Sheffer, Riley Sheffer, Haden Shorter, Toby Smart, Savannah Smith,William Stevenson, Jenaya Thoreson, Heather Trudeau, Gwyneth Vanden Belt, Cody Wall, Piper Weston, Michael Willis, Bella Wolf and Logan Zamora..

Patty Travioli has set up her Heartwood Forest Farm for success as the local “Apothecary Farmer” celebrates 10 years of growing on the Leelanau Peninsula delicate lands. Heartwood Forest Farm hosted an open house on National Herb Day earlier this month.

The Leland School community celebrated Earth Day with big accomplishment under its belt. The school became the second in the county to be recognized as an “evergreen school” by the Michigan Green Schools program.

A decrepit but popular dock used by boaters visiting Leland has been removed with little chance that it will be replaced. The 96-foot dock, which lined the Leland River at a state-owned boat launch located between the Bluebird and Riverside restaurants, was removed on April 10 by a MDNR crew.

Fireworks at the Village of Empire monthly workshop meeting lit up the room as council, committee, and community members sparred over possible regulations regarding Short-Term Rentals (STRs) Thursday, May 9.