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Glen Arbor resident Michele Aucello smiles with her puppies during a Black Friday bed parade last year. The bed parade will take place from 9 to 9:30 a.m. starting at the Pine Cone to Art’s Tavern. Courtesy photo

Holiday activities aplenty in county

After we stuff ourselves with the finest turkey and stuffing, Friday and Saturday will bring out the holiday spirit in all of us, along with the best Leelanau deals of 2024. A pajama party will be breaking in the consumer holiday with a “bed parade” from 9 to 9:30 a.m. 11/27/2024 08:54 AM

Segment 9 discussion comes to a halt

Segment 9 discussion comes to a halt

The debate of the final 4.2-mile “Segment 9” of the Sleeping Bear Dunes Heritage Trail within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (SBDNL) came to a screeching halt last week in Empire after SBDNL Superintendent Scott Tucker paused the project following consultations with the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (GTB). 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

Locals Robert Ruiz (left), Scott Cain (middle), and Luke Lambdin of Cain Design & Construction string up holiday lights at the Old Art building in Leland yesterday. They also put lights on various community tree including Northport, Leland and Glen Arbor. Enterprise photo by Brian Frei...

500+ snowfall entries received

With the annual Leelanau Enterprise snowfall contest deadline now closed, Michiganders now await for the most important weather factor in determining their guesses: snowfall. And according to staff at the National Weather Service Gaylord, snow could be well on its way as soon as mid next week. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

3 selected for second interview

3 selected for second interview

Leelanau County government may be overseen by a new administrator very soon. Three candidates for the position – Jim Dyer, Kipling Belcher, and Mark Brown – have been invited back for follow ups after clearing their first round of interviews Monday and Tuesday. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

Election results certified by canvassers

Election results certified by canvassers

The Leelanau County Board of Canvassers certified the Nov. 5 general election results Saturday afternoon. The Statement of Votes Cast sent to Lansing differed from the unofficial results reported the morning after Election Day, with many more votes included. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

Fun forecasted in Glen Arbor, but no snow

Fun forecasted in Glen Arbor, but no snow

I know there are people out there that are bummed because we have no snow and then there are folks like me. It is officially deer hunting time. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

Registration is open for the 2025 ‘Swim the Bay’ event set for Sat. Aug. 9, 2025. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger

Registration set for ‘Swim the Bay’

Registration for the 2025 Swim for Grand Traverse Bay opened Friday, November 15. The Swim for Grand Traverse Bay is a unique, open water swim event to benefit The Watershed Center that will take place on Sat. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

A family enjoys a day at the Greilickville Harbor Park last summer. Enterprise photo by Amy Hubbell

Fish grinder station buy OK’d

The Elmwood Township board approved the purchase of a new fish grinder station for the township marina at its November regular meeting. Although the cost of ordering and installing the station might be as high as $110,000, Harbormaster Dan Jenuwine said that the investment will ultimately pay off for the township. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

Holiday events planned in Omena/Npt.

Holiday events planned in Omena/Npt.

‘Tis the season! Saturday, Nov. 30 is the Northport Tree Lighting, with a full day of activities leading up to it. The Leelanau Township Library in Northport has children’s activities that day including crafts, writing letters to Santa, cookies (eating cookies is an activity in my book), and more! 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

Local housing workshop Dec. 5

Local housing workshop Dec. 5

Housing North will host a housing workshop Thursday, Dec. 5 in the lower level of the county government center. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

Women’s Club to meet in Npt.

Women’s Club to meet in Npt.

The December meeting of the Northport Women’s Club will be held Tuesday, Dec. 3 at noon in the Trinity Church Community Room. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

Student earns MSU scholarship

Student earns MSU scholarship

Henry Sutherland, an 8th grader in Leelanau County, has been awarded a $2,000 Michigan State University Pre- College Scholarship. Students in 8th to 11th grades for 2024-25 who attended an MSU summer pre-college program in the summer of 2024 were eligible to apply for this award. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

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