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S-B School millage proposal set

S-B School millage proposal set

Voters in the Suttons Bay Public School district will have the chance to choose once again if they want to vote for the operating millage renewal proposal this month during Michigan’s presidential primary. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

Tyler’s Exotics, a Mobile Petting Zoo, visited Suttons Bay Elementary School last week. Students learned about and had close encounters with a boa constrictor, monkey, tortoise, bearded dragon, tarantula, and macaw. Photo courtesy of Shelagh Fehrenbach

Tyler’s Exotics

Tyler’s Exotics, a Mobile Petting Zoo, visited Suttons Bay Elementary School last week. Students learned about and had close encounters with a boa constrictor, monkey, tortoise, bearded dragon, tarantula, and macaw. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

GTB announces 2% allocations

GTB announces 2% allocations

The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (GTB) announced on Friday that a total of $191,871.57 of its video gaming revenue, also known as 2% allocation funds, will go towards Leelanau County organizations and agencies. Leelanau County is receiving one of the larger amounts of distributions in the area of $44,712.50, which will go to funding a “government to government agreement” prisoner housing contract. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

Drzewiecki and partner Klause

Deputies, K-9 partners, graduate

Leelanau County now has two K-9 officers. Deputies Jordan Strope and Cameron Drzewiecki along with their K-9 partners successfully graduated from handlers school with Fresh Coast K-9 LLC in Ludington Friday. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

BLOTTER

9:37 a.m. — Kasson Township — Repossession of a Wolkswagen Atlas. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

Scholarship offered

Scholarship offered

Applications are available from P.E.O. Chapter EM, Suttons Bay for the 2024 Betty Maynard Memorial scholarship. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

Lautner continues FOIA effort

Lautner continues FOIA effort

Leelanau County Commissioner Melinda Lautner is continuing to invoke the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in her efforts to uncover correspondence between a fellow commissioner and other government staff. The board of commissioners will discuss waiving the county prosecutor’s fee for completing the request at their meetings this month. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

Bovine TB detected in Benzie County

Bovine TB detected in Benzie County

A doe shot in Benzie County during the firearms deer season could have a major impact not only on the nearby deer herd, but also on cattle farmers. A routine autopsy performed on the deer found bovine tuberculosis (bTB), which is likely to prompt a responses from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Michigan Department of Natural Resources to prevent the disease from spreading. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

Garden club meeting about making maple syrup

Garden club meeting about making maple syrup

The Suttons Bay By-the-Bay Garden Club will meet Monday at the Suttons Bay-Bingham Fire Station. This month’s presentation is “Making Maple Syrup at Home” presented by A1 Ammons, coowner of Leelanau Peninsula Maple Sugar Bush. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

Permit numbers dropped in '23

Permit numbers dropped in '23

The number of building permits and the value of the structures built in 2023 appears to have fallen from a record set in 2021, according to the county Department of Building Safety. The year-end report issued by the department this month totaled 611 new permits, down 21 from the 632 issued in 2022. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

Leelanau’s ‘cherry’ foreign workers

Leelanau’s ‘cherry’ foreign workers

The question that is on top of mind for local growers is whether or not they will be able to continue growing fresh cherries and fruits alike, or tap out to rising employment costs and growing foreign imports. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

Two long-time cherry industry advocates were provided distinguished service awards in 2024 by the Cherry Marketing Institute. From left are Mike Van Agtmael, National Cherry Festival queen Carmen Beemer, and Jeff Send from Leelanau County. Courtesy photo

Send receives cherry award

Jeff Send, a leader in the cherry industry for decades, received another accolade at the Cherry Marketing Institute luncheon that was part of the orchard and vineyard show held Jan. 16-17. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

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