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Carl F. Shelton
Carl F. Shelton
Carl Shelton passed away on July 6, 2024 at Munson Hospice House in Traverse City, MI. Born on July 9, 1939 in Detroit, MI, his parents were Phillip and Irene (Steinbrecher) Shelton. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
Helen Ann O’Brien
Helen Ann O’Brien
Helen Ann O’Brien, 93, of Empire passed away Monday, July 8, 2024 at Glen Eagle in Traverse City, MI. Helen was born on October 30, 1930 in Lake Leelanau to the late Roy and Mazil (McNeely) Couturier. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
Rasa Poorman
Rasa Poorman
A resident of Leelanau County, Rasa Poorman passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 30,2024 at her Home in Maple City, Michigan after a three and a half year battle with ovarian cancer. She passed peacefully with her husband at her side along with a small group of family and friends. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
Helen Stimson
Helen Stimson
Our beloved mother, Helen Stimson, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. The cause was complications from Parkinsons Disease, five days shy of her 88th birthday. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
District 1 commissioner seat left vacant
District 1 commissioner seat left vacant
Jamie Kramer, Leelanau County’s District 1 commissioner, amended her June 29 resignation letter Tuesday afternoon to make her resignation effective immediately. With Kramer’s position now vacant, the remaining commissioners resolved to leave her seat empty for the remainder of her term at a special session held on the same day. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
Lewis sets year-end goals
Lewis sets year-end goals
Interim Administrator Richard Lewis presented a list of “six-month goals” to the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners at their July executive session this week. Among Lewis’s requests to the board was to grant him power to appoint Interim Finance Director Cathy Hartesvelt as permanent finance director. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
Harvesters are busy getting the 2024 cherry crop off of the trees as farmers battle pests and wet conditions. Sidney Collino (left), Trevor Markood (middle), Rachel Fredrickson (right), Karen Powers (top-left), and Jess Sinnaeve (top-right) of the Michigan State Horticultural Center in Bin...
Price for sweet cherries jumps
Even farm-fresh advocates might grimace when dropping $7 up to $8 into a safety box while picking up a quart of sweet cherries at county roadside markets. Social media posts during the past week took aim at high sweet cherry prices. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
Traffic snarled by road work
Traffic snarled by road work
Work resumed on Grandview Parkway/Front Street in Traverse City Monday, bringing rush hour traffic to a crawl. Crews completed the first segment of the project prior to the National Cherry Festival and are now rebuilding over a mile of the U.S. highway from Railroad Avenue to Division Street. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
Members of the Glen Lake Fire Department salute the flag at last year’s flagraising ceremony organized by the Glen Lake Woman’s Club. Photo courtesy of Grace Dickinson Johnson
Members of the Glen Lake Fire Department
Members of the Glen Lake Fire Department salute the flag at last year’s flagraising ceremony organized by the Glen Lake Woman’s Club. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM
Celebrating the 4th
Celebrating the 4th
A signatory of the Declaration of Independence, John Adams wrote in the summer of 1776 to his wife Abigail that he believed Independence Day “will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival … it ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward forever more.” 07/02/2024 05:21 PM
Gala kudos
Gala kudos
To the editor: On behalf of the board of directors for the Leelanau County Cancer Foundation, I would like to thank everyone who made our Gala of Grace fundraiser successful. To French Valley Vineyards for providing the venue, North Coast Trio and Sara Hartley for providing entertainment, to all those who donated auction items or food for our buffet, and to all those who attended and so generously bid on items, too numerous to name, we sincerely appreciate you. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM
A column by Brian Freiberger
Enjoy these moments
As the Fourth of July weekend is upon us, let’s take a deep breath and enjoy the moment. As we celebrate the Independence of the United States of America in 1776, and the continued fight for freedom, we shall be holding our family closer than ever on this joyous holiday. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM

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