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Glen Lake Community Schools food service professionals Jonathon Fields and Mindy Hawley won the 25th annual Winterfest chili cook off hosted by Boonedocks in Glen Arbor on Saturday. Over 800 people attended the event this year. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Glen Lake Community Schools
Glen Lake Community Schools food service professionals Jonathon Fields and Mindy Hawley won the 25th annual Winterfest chili cook off hosted by Boonedocks in Glen Arbor on Saturday. Over 800 people attended the event this year. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
Glen Lake teacher arrested
Glen Lake teacher arrested
Former Glen Lake band teacher Elijah George has been arrested on three counts of surveying unclothed persons and three counts using computers to commit crimes. According to criminal complaint George allegedly took inappropriate photos of a female student by laying his cell phone on his knee. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
Leland Wine, Food Festival canceled
Leland Wine, Food Festival canceled
The Leland Wine and Food Festival has been canceled for this year. The Leland Chamber of Commerce announced today that the popular event will not take place in June for “There are too many unknowns that have to be resolved in a short period of time for us to risk the investment in deposit to go forward,” chamber President Mark Morton said. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
No support for FOIA waiver
No support for FOIA waiver
Commissioner Melinda Lautner failed to gain a second to her motion to waive the $1,000 cost on her Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request at the county board’s regular meeting Tuesday night, with no other county commissioner willing to support her efforts to see personnel committee correspondence leading up to a recent organizational culture survey. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
More than 100 voters have participated in early voting this week at the county government center. Enterprise photo by Zachary Marano
Early voting going smoothly
Voting for next week’s presidential primary election appears to be going smoothly locally and statewide. For the first time since the passage of a new voting rights act in 2022, Michigan residents have the opportunity to cast their vote early and in person for nine consecutive days before the presidential primary election day, which began Saturday and continue through Sunday, Feb. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
Leelanau Township board of trustees unanimously voted to support the Woolsey Memorial Airport Restoration project with a maximum of $100,000 to be taken out of existing facility funds. Enterprise photo by Meakalia Previch-Liu
Township approves $100k for Woolsey Airport restoration
The Leelanau Township board of trustees unanimously voted to support the Woolsey Memorial Airport Restoration project Tuesday with a maximum of $100,000 to be taken out of existing facility funds. Township Supervisor Mike McMillan said at this week’s regular board meeting that discussion of the airport’s urgent needs and current state goes back more than four years, noting how previous board trustees invested funds for an architecture firm to assess the building to find a way forward. 02/14/2024 04:44 PM
Board members get finance training
Board members get finance training
The Leelanau County board heard a presentation from John Amrhein, a governance educator with Michigan State University (MSU) Extension, on county finance structure at a committee of the whole session on Jan. 24. 02/14/2024 04:44 PM
Leelanau discusses marijuana dispensaries
Leelanau discusses marijuana dispensaries
If having only one marijuana dispensary in Leelanau County bothers you, lobby your township or village to allow more. Conversely, if you believe attracting dispensaries would cause more substance abuse problems than they’re worth, stay on guard against a change. 02/14/2024 04:44 PM
Leelanau party in BATA lawsuit
Leelanau party in BATA lawsuit
The Leelanau County Board met twice in special session between the January regular session and February executive board meetings, on Jan. 31 and Feb. 8, to act on a handful of items that couldn’t wait until later this month. 02/14/2024 04:44 PM
Elmwood rescinds STR directive
Elmwood rescinds STR directive
Following an extended closed session with township attorney Bryan Graham, the Elmwood Township Board voted Monday to rescind a December motion directing the planning commission to remove short-term rentals (STRs) from Greilickville neighborhoods “using an overlay district or amendment to the zoning ordinances” at their Monday meeting. 02/14/2024 04:44 PM
MYER
New planning head recommended
The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners recommended Interim Planning Director Gail Myer for promotion to planning director at their executive session Tuesday. Myer has big shoes to fill as her predecessor, Trudy Galla, had served the county for 35 years when she announced her retirement in November. 02/14/2024 04:44 PM
St. Mary School third, fourth and fifth graders are shown petting Belgian work horses during a recent trip to Double Oak Farm in Suttons Bay last month. The outing was hosted by Jeremy and Anne Grant. Courtesy photo
Fleis scholarship applications sought
The Ed & Irene Fleis Education Fund is accepting applications for 75 scholarships for students in Leelanau County or with Leelanau lineage. Students may apply online for one of the $1,200 scholarships through April 30. 02/14/2024 04:44 PM
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