5 YEARS AGO September 12, 2019
The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners is considering filing a complaint with the Michigan Attorney General to identify and prosecute individuals who may have violated state laws by blocking state and county roadways without proper authority during a bicycle race on Aug. 25 as part of an Ironman 70.3 event. At its regular monthly executive meeting Tuesday morning, the county board agreed in a 7-0 vote to seek a legal review of a draft resolution the board may adopt next Tuesday evening calling for prosecution of “those who authorized or performed the closure” of state and local rights-of way affecting Leelanau County during the Ironman event. *** Fourth-generation farmer Alan Skeba would rather look at cherry trees from his porch, but he grew tired of losing money to produce a crop that not enough people wanted. “Those days were tough,” said Skeba, reflecting on a decision made in the spring to pull 28 acres of tart and sweet cherries from land his grandfather bought in 1914. “And even through cherry harvest I had a tough time going up there because that’s all I’ve done.
10 YEARS AGO September 11, 2014
