For the first time in recent history, births were the only vital statistic which increased from 2022 to 2023 in Leelanau County.
According to the county clerk’s office, which is the register of county vital statistics, the total number of births, marriages, divorces and deaths recorded in 2023 was 458, down 3.5% from the previous year. This was fueled by a drop in three of four categories:…