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Wild strawberries, which frequents the southern lower peninsula and form colonies and ground covers, prefer to grow in drier, open, sunny areas. It naturally occurs in woods and clearings, as well as along roadsides and in fields. Enterprise photo by Meakalia Previch-Liu
Wild strawberries
Wild strawberries, which frequents the southern lower peninsula and form colonies and ground covers, prefer to grow in drier, open, sunny areas. It naturally occurs in woods and clearings, as well as along roadsides and in fields. 07/17/2024 05:06 PM
WESSELL
Board defends Wessell
Jamie Kramer resigned as Leelanau County’s District No. 1 commissioner on July 9. 07/17/2024 05:06 PM
The two biggest lake associations in the county are taking aim at eradicating purple loosestrife, including this plant found growing south of the Lake Leelanau Narrows. Enterprise photo by Alan Campbell
Beetles battle invasive plants
Showy purple loosestrife is bearing its color, which makes this the perfect time for the two largest lake associations in the county to attack the pest. The Lake Leelanau Lake Association is pinning part of its control approach to a beetle that’s a picky eater while the Glen Lake Association is resorting to hand-to-hand combat. 07/17/2024 05:06 PM
Leif Sporck of Sporck Tileart was very busy yesterday at the Glen Lake Womens Club Art Fair. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Leif Sporck
Leif Sporck of Sporck Tileart was very busy yesterday at the Glen Lake Womens Club Art Fair. 07/17/2024 05:06 PM
HARTESVELT
Hartesvelt named finance director
Leelanau County’s interim administrator, Richard Lewis, said Tuesday that Cathy Hartesvelt has been hired as permanent finance director, after she served as interim finance director for almost nine months. She has been department head since the last permanent director, Sean Cowan, left the county in October 2023. 07/17/2024 05:06 PM
Enterprise wins 26 national awards
Enterprise wins 26 national awards
The Leelanau Enterprise has earned 26 awards in the National Newspaper Association’s Editorial and Advertising Contest. The contest is open to all newspapers in the country. 07/17/2024 05:06 PM
Northport Public School 8th grader Jack Scripps (left) and 7th grader Lilly Gmoser-Duhamel (right) carefully measure the water to add to their rocket on rocket launch day as part of the NASA Artemis Challenge. Photo courtesy of Karen Trolenberg
Npt. students win Space Center trip
A group of Northport middle school students will be heading to the Kennedy Space Center in Naples, Florida in August after being selected as one of the winning teams in NASA’s 2024 Artemis ROADS II National Challenge. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
GTB to distribute $643,166 in 2% payouts
GTB to distribute $643,166 in 2% payouts
The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (GTB) announced last week that it will distribute $643,166 in local 2% payouts for its summer allocation cycle of video gaming revenue. The amount is a signifi cant increase of more than $35,000 from the last two summer allocation cycles, which was $605,175 in 2022, and $601,770 in 2023. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
3 Trees offers music
3 Trees offers music
Three Trees is a space for gathering, healing, and honoring the offerings of the land. Their concert series, Three Trees Sounds, launched on June 24 with folk duo Ask Carol from Norway, giving way to a run of notable Michigan acts including Jordan Hamilton, Jake Allen, and Dixon’s violin. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
Crown eludes Eckerle; loved experience
Crown eludes Eckerle; loved experience
Fifth-generation Suttons Bay farmer Erin Eckerle wasn’t named Cherry Queen 2024 at the National Cherry Festival last week, but she loved every minute of the cherry experience. “It was a crazy experience. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
Fleis Foundation awards 75 scholarships
Fleis Foundation awards 75 scholarships
Sydney Yeomans completed a four-year bachelor’s degree at the University of Kentucky “debt-free” thanks in part to four Ed & Irene Fleis Education Fund scholarships. Now the 22-year-old Cedar woman and 2020 Glen Lake graduate is one her way to the University of Michigan to work on her master’s degree with additional financial support from the Fleis family. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
Search on for new principals
Search on for new principals
Suttons Bay School officials are interviewing candidates this week to fill holes created with the resignation of two administrators: Elementary Principal Shelagh Fehrenbach and Secondary Principal Charles Richards. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM

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