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Michele Morris, caretaker of Lorelei and founder of Empire Hills Farm, is pictured reunited with the mini pony on Sunday. Good friend Kevin Crouch also showed up on Sunday to support the pony search efforts. Courtesy photo
Missing mini pony found safe
There’s nothing quite like a mini pony to bring the community together. “Lorelei,” the small but feisty two-feet tall mini pony from Empire Hills Farm escaped and ran away from her farm on Nov. 11/27/2024 08:54 AM
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
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Thornberry tapped as publisher
The Leelanau Enterprise has a new publisher. David Thornberry joins the staff after decades in the newspaper business in a career that took him all over the country. 11/27/2024 08:54 AM
Leelanau County Clerk Michelle Crocker hands ballots off to her election workers at the government center in Suttons Bay Tuesday morning, as part of a recount for the district No. 3 commissioner race in the Nov. 5 General Election. Crocker said she expected that the recount would be comple...
Bahle/ Bunek recount underway
Lois Bahle, the Democrat candidate for the District No. 3 commissioner seat in the Nov. 5 General Election, fell just six votes behind the Republican candidate, Will Bunek, at 1,319 votes to Bunek’s 1,325 votes. Shortly after the results were certified, Bahle filed a petition for a recount of the votes cast in her precincts. 11/27/2024 08:54 AM
Empire President Sue Palmer sits alongside treasurer Alacia Acton and Clerk Derith Smith during a November regular meeting Thursday. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Palmer reflects on time as village president
What started as a fiery meeting Thursday transformed into a love-fest as the Village of Empire hosted its final session with the current board of trustees, before newly elected members prepare to take their seats this week. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
Empire avoids clerk, short-term rental topics
Empire avoids clerk, short-term rental topics
Empire President Sue Palmer addressed two key topics at Thursday’s regular meeting: the vacant treasurer and clerk positions, along with the ongoing short-term rental debate. Palmer elected Alacia Acton as treasurer but did not reappoint current Clerk Derith Smith to her position, leaving that for President-elect Dan Davis. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
New playground equipment was installed at Northport’s South Beach this fall. The village has discussed setting up a small plaque/sign to recognize the contributions from the Leelanau Township Community Foundation and the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, both of which hel...
New playground equipment installed in Northport
With installation of the new playground equipment at Northport’s South Beach nearly complete and already seeing use, the village council discussed setting up appropriate recognition of the entities that help to make it possible at its regular meeting on Nov. 14. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
Iris Wild, a second grader at St. Mary, is a Grand Traverse Area Rock and Mineral Club pebble pup. Enterprise photo by Mike Anderson
St. Mary second grader first in national art contest
A budding young artist has put Traverse City and the Grand Traverse Area Rock and Mineral Club (GTARMC) on the map with a unique accomplishment: winning first place in the National Fossil Day Art Contest, a competition sponsored by the National Park Service. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
Housing nonprofit receives GTRCF $3,000 grant
Housing nonprofit receives GTRCF $3,000 grant
Housing nonprofit Home Sweet Home has received a $3,000 grant from the Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation to support its innovative approach to the housing crisis, according to Home Sweet Home President John O’Neill. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
Man charged with sex crime
Man charged with sex crime
An Elmwood Township man is charged with a sex crime after a September encounter with a minor. David R. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
Judy Walter decorates the bridge on Elm Street in Suttons Bay. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Judy Walter
Judy Walter decorates the bridge on Elm Street in Suttons Bay. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
Jeremy Evans is pictured with Lukey Klein during the theater production of “Oliver” at Leland Public School in 2010. Photo courtesy of Jeremy Evans
Former Leland student makes off-Broadway debut
A former Leland Public School student and Interlochen Arts Academy graduate, Lukey Klein, made their off-Broadway debut last month with a couple of special guests from home in the audience. Jeremy Evans, Glen Lake Community School elementary performing arts teacher, and Kathy Lau, a theater costume designer who also worked with Evans for at least 20 years at Leland school, made the trip from Leelanau County on Oct. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

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