Less than a week before the deadline to file as a candidate for the August Primary, there’s a noticeable lack on interest from the county’s most populated areas.As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, there are no Republican/Democrat races for Districts 4, 5, 6, 7 and no candidates at all for Districts 1, 2, and 3.…

Following a less than snow-filled winter season, the annual Leelanau Enterprise snowfall contest came to a close on Tuesday, with the first place winner announced as Bruce Wallis of Suttons Bay. Wallis guessed 60 inches for the total snowfall in the 2023-24 winter season, and will receive a $200…

Liz Shimek was not a household name in Chicago when she played two seasons for the Sky. And there was no big WNBA signing bonus waiting for the 18th pick in the 2006 draft, who happened to be a Michigan State forward that led the Spartans to the NCAA women’s finals.It’s a different world for elite…

The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners voted to increase their yearly salaries by 60% and their per diems by over 70% at their regular session on Tuesday, starting in 2025. This pay increase — their first in two-and-ahalf decades — is intended in part to attract younger people to some soon-tobe…

Spring has sprung and so have the daffodils and many of the spring wild flowers. Many of the fruit trees in the area are in “green tip”, which is when the fruit buds have just broken at the tip. It is also when the buds become susceptible to the cold, so cherry and apple farmers hope that there is…

The Annual Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes (Friends) training is scheduled for May 18, at the Empire Town Hall.The training begins with a general orientation at 1 p.m., which is applicable for all volunteers, both experienced and new. This training is a once-a-year chance for volunteers to hear the…

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will host a pruning workshop on, Friday, May 3, in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District.The workshop will be held at the Lawr farm, five miles north of Glen Arbor on M-22.The workshop will focus on maintenance of neglected apple trees and how to bring them…

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is inviting the public to comment on a project to improve safe and reliable boat access to the Manitou Islands.The approximately $32 million project, funded by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) Legacy Restoration Fund, will address the impact of natural…

After 25 years of serving as publisher and editor of “Families First Monthly,” Northport resident Laura Kalchik is bidding farewell with her recently announced special final edition.The local publication was a venture that Kalchik always wanted to pursue since she began working in sales at Northern…

5 YEARS AGO April 18, 2019Deb and Ray Kuhn couldn’t believe their eyes Monday. The Cedar couple, who earlier this month celebrated their 40th anniversary with a trip to France, were shocked and saddened to learn that Notre Dame Cathedral, where they had visited just 10 days earlier, was burning. “…