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The annual Pack 131 Cub Scouts cardboard sled race at Bahle Hill in Suttons Bay on Saturday. Seth Courtade in the tank (left), Declan Draper in the Bismarck (middle), and Zac Richter in the Pokeman Cruiser (right). Photo courtesy of Lynn Bakker
The annual Pack 131 Cub Scouts cardboard sled race at Bahle Hill in Suttons Bay on Saturday
The annual Pack 131 Cub Scouts cardboard sled race at Bahle Hill in Suttons Bay on Saturday. Seth Courtade in the tank (left), Declan Draper in the Bismarck (middle), and Zac Richter in the Pokeman Cruiser (right). 01/24/2024 04:23 PM
Enterprise photos by Brian Freiberger Leland guard Brady Keen attempts a 3-point shot against Kingsley during a 57-45 loss on Tuesday.
Lakers ice Norse
Glen Lake welcomed Suttons Bay to town on Tuesday in a 69-52 defeat. Laker sophomore Jacob Plamondon couldn’t be stopped as he had a double-double with 31 points, 10 rebounds. 01/24/2024 04:23 PM
Comets hot week
Comets hot week
Leland girls basketball (7-3) has been on a tear over the past week with three wins. The Comets started by defeating Grand Traverse Academy 60-35 on January 17. 01/24/2024 04:23 PM
Lake Leelanau St. Mary defenders Delana Kirt (left), Leah Fleis (middle), and Cathryn Mikowski (right) pressure a Gaylord St. Mary player in the first half of Monday night’s game. The Eagles went into halftime up 21-15. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Battle of the St. Mary's Eagles Top Snowbirds
First half defense by Lake Leelanau St. Mary (9-1) was just enough as the Eagles defeated Gaylord St. 01/24/2024 04:23 PM
David Priest, a guardian of the roads, has been plowing his way for the Leelanau Road Commission for nearly 15 years. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Priest of the roads
David Priest was born and raised in Northport. He was born at the Memorial hospital and is Leelanau through and through. 01/24/2024 04:23 PM
Winter weather welcomed by skiers, fishermen
Winter weather welcomed by skiers, fishermen
Can you have too much of a good thing? Apparently if the good thing is lake-effect snow, which on Saturday blanketed the Empire area to the point that it buried the cross-country trail groomer for the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail. “It was a blizzard around Empire, and it stayed there all day,” reports Kerry Kelly, chair of the Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes organization. 01/24/2024 04:23 PM
Turkey survival documented in Leelanau
Turkey survival documented in Leelanau
The turkeys that have been paddling daily through deep, fluffy snow to munch on birdseed behind Chuck Bond’s house in Cleveland Township might be more accurately called Pennamites than Michiganders. 01/24/2024 04:23 PM
Winners at Big Buck Night hosted in Lake Leelanau by Dick’s Pour House were, top, Dan Cermak, bottom left, Al Steimel and bottom right, Al Skeba. Enterprise photos by Alan Campbell
Big Buck night celebration
The hunter who shot the biggest deer entered in the “big buck night” contest and festivities hosted by Dick’s Pour House on January 14, was also celebrating a birthday of sorts. “I didn’t realize until after I shot my deer that this was my 50th deer season,” said Al Steimel of Suttons Bay Township, who claimed first prize in the firearms division. 01/24/2024 04:23 PM
88-year-old Alvin Ance shot the biggest buck of his 74-year career on the last day of the Tribal hunting season. He’s in the running for the person who has shot the most Michigan bucks over his lifetime. Courtesy photo
Alvin Ance, legendary deer hunter
The biggest deer shot by 88-year-old Alvin Ance may have been the one that required the least work. Ance, a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, may have shot more bucks in Michigan than any other hunter. 01/24/2024 04:23 PM
Get puzzled at the library
Get puzzled at the library
The Leland Library is hosting a team puzzle competition Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m. Teams of two to three members will compete to finish a 500-piece puzzle in three hours or less. 01/24/2024 04:23 PM
Band awards scholarships
Band awards scholarships
In December, the Northport Community Band gave 17 Leelanau County students scholarships to further their music education, totaling more than $5,000 toward music lessons, summer music camp and new instruments. 01/24/2024 04:23 PM
Everett Howell, Jaxson Plamondon, and Isabelle Plamondon at The Homestead in Glen Arbor learning how to ski. Howell, 16, and Isabelle, 17, both learned how to ski through this program, and are now serving as 4-H Ski Chaperones with lesson groups, as 4-H Teen Leaders with Leelanau County. J...
4-H event planned for Saturday
The Leelanau County 4-H Youth Association and Leelanau County 4-H will host their third annual “4-H4ALL Day” Saturday in Maple City. The event, scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m., will be held at the Cedar-Maple City Lions Club in Maple City. 01/24/2024 04:23 PM
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