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Glen Lake junior Michael Houtteman won the TCC Invitational golf tournament at Crystal Mountain on Friday and Saturday. Courtesy photo
Houtteman wins tournament; Leland ties GL
Glen Lake junior Michael Houtteman proved he is one of the prep golfers on the high school circuit as he finished first in a field of 216 golfers at the TCC Golf Invitational hosted by Crystal Mountain on Friday and Saturday. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
Students from Northport Public School helped plant a London planetree for the village’s first Arbor Day celebration in 2022. Enteprise photo by Meakalia Previch-Liu
Northport set to celebrate 3rd Arbor Day
The Village of Northport is set to celebrate its 3rd Arbor Day on Friday at 10 a.m. with the planting of a new tree at the Marina Park. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
Applications open for island hunt June 3
Applications open for island hunt June 3
The North Manitou Island deer hunt in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is held each year to manage the introduced/non-native deer population to allow for the recovery of the forests. This year, the National Park Service (NPS) is making several changes to the hunt. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
Luca Brunner and many other kids at the Scott Brow Fishing Derby can get their hands on a delicious Barb’s Bakery donut. Courtesy photo
Youth fishing derby this Saturday
Families can expect plenty of fish and even bigger smiles at the annual Scott Brow Fishing Derby held at the Northport Mill Pond on Third Street from dawn until 2 p.m. on Saturday. The Northport sportsman Club sponsors the annual youth fishing derby each spring, according to coordinator and local Ryan Blessing. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
Empire spring clean-up set
Empire spring clean-up set
The Village of Empire will hold its annual spring cleanup on Wednesday and Thursday, May 8 and 9. Residents are asked to leave bagged leaves and brush in piles next to their street or alley by 8 a.m. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
Pancakes, Restaurant week in G-A
Pancakes, Restaurant week in G-A
This is one of my most favorite times of year, although we didn’t have a bad winter people seem to come alive at this time year. Hear the hammers and the leaf blowers and everybody is getting ready for a great summer. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
Matthew Branton
Matthew Branton:
Matthew Branton, owner of North Country Kitchen and Bar in Suttons Bay, has been operating the establishment for the past year since closing on the purchase from Karen Boone in March 2023. Since opening last June, Branton moved to Leelanau County to run his newest business venture and has been getting acclimated to working in the restaurant industry. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
The Leland Dam Authority approved setting the summer lake level for Lake Leelanau at 589.21 feet last Wednesday. Enterprise photo by Meakalia Previch-Liu
Leland Dam Authority approved lake level
The Leland Dam Authority approved setting the summer lake level for Lake Leelanau at 589.21 feet last Wednesday. This level was mandated by the circuit court of Leelanau County in 1976, but the order allows this level to fluctuate a maximum of 2 inches below this level. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
THE BODARYS
Leelanau seniors fall victim to scam
People often read about scams happening to others in the news, but most think it could never happen to themselves, let alone, anyone they know like a family member or friend. Al, 77 and Kathy, 73, Bodary, a retired Leelanau County couple, were the unsuspecting victims of a recent social media scam that defrauded them out of their life savings, leaving them completely depleted. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
13th Circuit Court
13th Circuit Court
Oliver D. Jurek, 1590 S. Schomberg Rd., Lake Leelanau — Sentenced after pleading guilty to two counts of capturing/distributing an image of an unclothes person and stalking; 60 days in jail with credit for four days served; $936 fines and costs; 36 months probation. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
The barge, currently situated partly on state-owned Lake Michigan bottomlands and partly on private land north of Suttons Bay, was towed ashore last year following the issuance of seven criminal charges against Balcom in June.
Barge owner pleads
Traverse City resident, Donald Balcom, 89, admitted guilt in the 13th Circuit Court in Leelanau County Monday to a felony charge related to the repeated sinking of a barge in Lake Michigan. The charge, ruled on by Charles Hamlyn, pertains to the discharge of injurious substances into the state’s waters, a twoyear felony. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
BLOTTER
BLOTTER
6:26 a.m. — Elmwood Township — Former boyfriend is in caller’s driveway. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
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