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North Sky Raptor Sanctuary took in its first snowy owl of the season in Empire last month, where it has been in recovery for the last couple weeks. Snowy owls are Arctic breeders and migrate south for the winter, giving Michiganders a chance to get a glimpse of them in open areas during th...
Snowy owl rescued in Empire days before Christmas
While we didn’t have a white Christmas this year in Leelanau County, another rare sight, an adult male snowy owl, was found and rescued off the side of the road in December and is now being nursed back to health. 01/03/2024 07:41 PM
Emilee Ballant, a senior at Michigan State, enjoyed Christmas Day on Glen Lake with a bucketful of perch. Courtesy photo
No ice? No problem on Glen Lake
Avid outdoor people stay on the prowl for opportunities that may never come their way again, and Kevin Ballant knew one was at hand when he drove by deep-blue Glen Lake and saw the forecast. Perch fishing on Christmas Day from a boat wearing a ball cap? Ballant was not about to pass up the chance. 01/03/2024 07:41 PM
Lake Leelanau St. Mary
Lake Leelanau St. Mary
Lake Leelanau St. Mary held its first-ever live nativity Saturday, with a cast of students — elementary through high school. 01/03/2024 07:41 PM
2 events set at library in Empire
2 events set at library in Empire
The Glen Lake Community Library in Empire has two programs scheduled this month. Wendy Weckstein of North Michigan Psychiatric Services will present “Mindfulness for Seniors” Thursday, Jan. 01/03/2024 07:41 PM
Mild temps frustrating some
Mild temps frustrating some
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!! The skiers and sledders are not very happy at this point. I must say that although I am not much on winter outdoor sports any more, I understand the frustration of those that enjoy and partake of winter sports. 01/03/2024 07:41 PM
Volunteers turned out with little notice to help prepare rolls of burlap for unrolling onto the bottom of Lake Leelanau in an effort to control the spread of Eurasian water milfoil. Enterprise file photo
A weekly review of the second 6 months of 2023
We’ve already shared news for the first six months of 2023. The remaining front page news of the Enterprise is below. 01/03/2024 07:41 PM
LEELANAU HISTORY
LEELANAU HISTORY
Owners and operators of Discovery Pier in Greilickville, the Leelanau Trail, and other local nonprofit organizations will benefit from more than $2.16 million in state funding as part of a $1.3 billion supplemental spending plan approved by the State Legislature and signed into law late last week. “This came about fairly suddenly and was a bit of a surprise,” said Becky Ewing, executive director of Rotary Charities and Rotary Camps and Services. *** Leelanau County residents ringing in 2019 were greeted with a surprise from Mother Nature beginning New Year’s Eve and carrying into the new year. Over the course of Monday and Tuesday, the county received 7.3 inches of snow, bringing the total snowfall this season to 40.8 inches, according to the National Weather Service observation site in Maple City. 01/03/2024 07:41 PM
Portrait of Julius Prause (senior) (on the left) with unknown family members, in front of their home, now known as the Goffar Farm, c 1900. Photo Source: Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear Online Archive
Lake ownership subject of lawsuit
This continues a series adapted from the book, “A Port Oneida Collection,” Volume 1 of the two-part set, “Oral History, Photographs, and Maps from the Sleeping Bear Region,” produced by Tom Van Zoeren in partnership with Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear. Here we continue a look at the Goffar Farm, along M-22 on Lake Narada. 01/03/2024 07:41 PM
Buneks mark 50 years
Buneks mark 50 years
Julius and Cheryl (Rexroat) Bunek were married Dec. 29, 1973 at St. 01/03/2024 07:41 PM
A lack of snow has put the brakes on skiing this year at the Homestead … at least for now. Photo courtesy of Mike Haynes
Lack of snow, mild temps continue
Coming off an unusually warm December, the lack of snow and mild temperatures trend will likely continue into the new year due to a strong El Nino in place. Dan Cornish, meteorologist with the National Weather Service Gaylord, said just down the road from Leelanau, Traverse City observed its second warmest December on record in 2023, with an average temperature of 37.7 degrees. 01/03/2024 07:41 PM
Co. Board holds first meet of 2024
Co. Board holds first meet of 2024
District 3 Commissioner Doug Rexroat will continue serving as vice-chair of the county Board of Commissioners. Commissioners held their yearly organizational meeting yesterday. 01/03/2024 07:41 PM
15% of sewers non-compliant
15% of sewers non-compliant
More than 15% of the septic systems in Leelanau County evaluated last year were found to be non-compliant. So say the results of a year-end report from the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department (BLDHD). 01/03/2024 07:41 PM

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