Michelle Shackelford
Michelle Shackelford, owner of Leelanau Specialty Cut Flowers in Cedar, is ramping up for a busy spring, summer, and fall as she begins to harvest fl owers from early May until Christmas.On
News
Meakalia Previch-liu
Leelanau County residents are in for a musically entertaining treat Saturday — The Michigan State University (MSU) Jazz Orchestra will perform on stage with…
Brian Freiberger
Empire Township hosted its annual meeting on Saturday covering salary resolutions, a fire department report, and a library report.Empire Township clerk…
News Staff
Salary increases totaling $4,300 were adopted Saturday as part of the 2024-2025 Kasson Township budget.The township supervisor’s position was increased by $700…
Sports
Brian Freiberger
Leland standout soccer player Agustin Creamer committed to Alma College last week in front of his peers, teachers, coaches, and family.“I know soccer is just a…
Brian Freiberger
Former Glen Lake graduates Xander Okerlund and Reece Hazelton represented their respective Lake Superior State University (LSSU) and Ferris State University…
Brian Freiberger
As another boys basketball season comes to a close for Leelanau County teams we celebrate the many accomplishments of Lake Leelanau St. Mary, Glen Lake, Leland…
Life in Leelanau
Brian Freiberger
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lake Shore (SBDNL) biologist Erica Adams is living the dream as she monitors the endangered Piping Plover and is a lead on…
Alan Campbell
Terry Lautner was impressed when his father was feted by the Michigan Milk Producers Association after 35 years of membership in the co-op.Now it’s Terry’s…
Zachary Marano
David Johnson of Suttons Bay is currently the president-elect of Suttons Bay Rotary Club. He’s had a storied legal career practicing as a lawyer in three…
Obituaries
1960 ~ 2024Grawn and Maple City - Douglas Michael Gauthier, 63, a kind, fun, hardworking and loving man, passed away suddenly on March 22, 2024 with his…
1962 ~2024Heidi Ruth Rader, 61, born April 2, 1962, of Empire, Michigan, died March 22, 2024, of pancreatic cancer. Heidi was a 1980 graduate of Glen Lake High…
1926 ~2024Mary Elizabeth Liljeblad, age 97, of Flint and Leland, Michigan, passed away peacefully, Saturday, January 13, 2024. A Celebration of Life took place…
Died March 19, 2024LAKE LEELANAU - Ralph Peter Cordes was born in 1943, the fifth of seven children to Ralph and Lucille Cordes.Ralph started working in the…
1941 ~ 2024Cedar - Georgetta Galla, 83 of Cedar entered into Eternal Life with her family by her side on March 19, 2024. She had been residing at the Pavilions…
Died March 17, 2024SUTTONS BAY -Gene Joseph Couturier, 93, of Lake Leelanau, Michigan passed away peacefully on March 17, 2024.He was born April 8, 1930, in…