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Case recognized for 35 yrs. of service

Case recognized for 35 yrs. of service

The next term will introduce some new faces to local government, but it’s also time to bid some “adieus.” Suttons Bay Village Council member Will Case chose not to run for reelection this year, meaning his 35 years in local government will end in January. The village council celebrated his service at their regular meeting Monday. 11/27/2024 08:54 AM

4 new supers take their seats

4 new supers take their seats

There’s been a changing of the guard. Four of the county’s townships have new supervisors — perhaps a record turnover. 11/27/2024 08:54 AM

LCC to perform

The Leelanau Community Choir (LCC) will perform a holiday concert, “Caroling, Caroling” Dec. 7 and 8. 11/27/2024 08:54 AM

Ugly sweater potluck

Ugly sweater potluck

There will be an Ugly Sweater Community Potluck, Tuesday, Dec. 3 at the Glen Arbor Township Hall. 11/27/2024 08:54 AM

Board reduces, extends staff stipends

Board reduces, extends staff stipends

The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners had some lengthy discussions on the issue of stipends for government employees this month. Clerk Michelle Crocker and Chief Deputy Clerk Jennifer Zywicki have been receiving $250 stipends per week – at the rate of $25 an hour – to prepare the county budget, manage payroll, and work with an independent auditor. 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

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

THORNBERRY

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

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

Segment 9 discussion comes to a halt

Segment 9 discussion comes to a halt

The debate of the final 4.2-mile “Segment 9” of the Sleeping Bear Dunes Heritage Trail within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (SBDNL) came to a screeching halt last week in Empire after SBDNL Superintendent Scott Tucker paused the project following consultations with the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (GTB). 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

Locals Robert Ruiz (left), Scott Cain (middle), and Luke Lambdin of Cain Design & Construction string up holiday lights at the Old Art building in Leland yesterday. They also put lights on various community tree including Northport, Leland and Glen Arbor. Enterprise photo by Brian Frei...

500+ snowfall entries received

With the annual Leelanau Enterprise snowfall contest deadline now closed, Michiganders now await for the most important weather factor in determining their guesses: snowfall. And according to staff at the National Weather Service Gaylord, snow could be well on its way as soon as mid next week. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

3 selected for second interview

3 selected for second interview

Leelanau County government may be overseen by a new administrator very soon. Three candidates for the position – Jim Dyer, Kipling Belcher, and Mark Brown – have been invited back for follow ups after clearing their first round of interviews Monday and Tuesday. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

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