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(L to R): Nayeli Martinelli, Dashel Courson, Grace Oskaboose

Congratulations Northport Class of 2024

Congratulations Northport Class of 2024. 06/05/2024 08:28 PM

Congratulations Leland Class of 2024

Congratulations Leland Class of 2024

Congratulations Leland Class of 2024. 06/05/2024 08:28 PM

Left to right: TJ Foley (Northport MI), David Best (Williamsburg MI), Will Madsen (Centennial CO), Nathaniel Adams (Cincinnati OH), Sophie Schwartz (Grand Rapids MI), Emma Perez (Alto MI), Anna Largent (Okemos MI), Grace Holl (Traverse City MI), Sara House (Maple City MI).

Congratulations The Leelanau School Class of 2024

Congratulations The Leelanau School Class of 2024. 06/05/2024 08:28 PM

Congratulations Glen Lake Class of 2024

Congratulations Glen Lake Class of 2024

Congratulations Glen Lake Class of 2024. 06/05/2024 08:28 PM

Roving quintet in Glen Arbor

Roving quintet in Glen Arbor

Fivemind Reeds Quintet are Glen Arbor Arts Center’s musicians in residence through June 15. A collaboration of the Glen Arbor Arts Center and Interlochen Public Radio’s Sound Garden Project, which plants classical music in unexpected places. 06/05/2024 08:28 PM

Dr. Carrie Sands of Leland (middle) cut the ribbon to her new sports chiropractic office in Leland in May. Courtesy photo

Sports chiropractor lands in Leland

A new sports chiropractic practice is open for business after a May ribbon-cutting ceremony in Leland. Dr. 06/05/2024 08:28 PM

Focus on building safety: why there are codes

Focus on building safety: why there are codes

May is National Building Safety Month. Building safety is for everyone — from simply installing smoke alarms in your house, to the adoption of modern building codes. 05/29/2024 05:59 PM

Jason Catana introduces a reporter to some of the products grown and sold in his greenhouse, Pollinators Meadow, in Cedar. Enterprise photo by Zachary Marano

Transplant gets it done in the greenhouse

Jason Catana, who hails from Detroit but currently lives in Cedar, used to work for companies designing and manufacturing medical equipment. Catana said the firms were “relatively successful” and profitable, but work was taking him far from home and leaving him with little time to pursue his own interests. 05/29/2024 05:59 PM

Two restaurants and Leland Township are updating or plan to update their shoreline components to the Leland River as it widens and turns toward Lake Michigan. Enterprise photo by Alan Campbell

Changes coming along Leland River

The shores of the blue-green Leland River are undergoing a transition for the first time in years. Already gone is a MDNR dock built in 2009 that hid 96 feet of shoreline. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

The Bingham boat launch is one of four washing stations put in place on Lake Leelanau. Courtesy photo

An ounce of prevention …

It’s the first big holiday of the summer season and the Lake Leelanau Lake Association (LLLA) is asking locals and visitors alike to make sure they are not bringing “baggage” along with them. The association has opened four new wash stations around Lake Leelanau to combat the ever-looming threat of invasive species. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

This week in defense

This week in defense

This story appeared in the Dec. 25, 1941 Enterprise and illustrates the community response to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

Defense Council named; preparing for wartime

Defense Council named; preparing for wartime

The following is an excerpt from the Leelanau Enterprise which appeared in the weeks following Pearl Harbor. Governor Murray Van Wagoner, as head of all defense activities in Michigan has appointed the following persons to the defense council in Leelanau County: Robert E. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

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