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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

The first of Omena Presbyterian Church service is Sunday. Enterprise file photo

Worshiping in ‘God’s Country’

Leelanau has long been a place of grounding for residents and visitors to “God’s Country.” Omena Presbyterian Church (OPC) is among the oldest churches in the county and was born in the hearts of eight people who gathered in the log schoolhouse at Old Mission with missionary Rev. Peter Dougherty. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

Book signing event Sunday

Book signing event Sunday

A book signing event will take place Sunday, May 26, honoring Ruth Ann (Fleis) Smith. She is the author of “Faith, Family & Music — 150 years of History and Tales of The Ed & Irene (Lamie) Fleis Family in Leelanau County.” The event, scheduled from noon to 4 p.m. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

Summer music festival at Holy Rosary, Cedar

Summer music festival at Holy Rosary, Cedar

Holy Rosary Church has announced the lineup for the Leelanau Summer Music Festival (LSMF) which begins June 27. The Votapek Family will perform at the first event. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

Brian and Theresa Cole of Interlochen, pictured here, brought their torch red 1998 Chevrolet Corvette to the 2023 show, placing in the windshield a framed picture of Brian’s brother, Scott, who was killed in 2001 while serving in the U.S. Army. In honor of Memorial Day, Brian said displayi...

Leelanau auto show celebrates 27 years

Leelanau County’s longest running auto show is back this Saturday at Haserot Park and celebrating its 27th anniversary in the village of Northport. Cars in the Park started in 1998, attracting car enthusiasts and spectators alike year after year. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

Some members from two generations of the DeKorne family stand together for a family photo at Inspiration Point on Glen Lake. Second from the left is Casey DeKorne, who worked alongside his brother Lewis to develop their father Boudewijn’s wood carving business into DeKorne Furniture Compan...

DeKorne family marks 100 years on Glen Lake

Boudewijn DeKorne, a Dutch immigrant living in Grand Rapids, bought an old farmhouse near Glen Lake in 1924 as a getaway for his wife Kate and 11 children. According to family lore, he remarked, “I’m going to give this to my family. Maybe it’ll keep the family together.” 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

Trillium are among the many varieties of plants available at the Leelanau Conservancy “rescued” plant sale. Enterprise file photo

Plant sale this weekend

The Leelanau Conservancy’s annual Plant Sale on the Village Green in Leland is on for Memorial Day weekend. The sale features native ferns, trillium and more, “rescued” from properties are under construction, among others. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

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