
Ann Arbor to Traverse City Rail is one step closer
Updates on a metro Detroit to northern Michigan cities including Traverse City and Petoskey includes news the state is pursuing money to extend rails to Canada.

Mark Lindsay is turning photos into fashion
Local nature photographer Mark Lindsay has a new line of fashion & home goods using his stunning photos.

Win $250 Suttons Bay Bucks!
The Suttons Bay Chamber of Commerce is rewarding one of their social media followers with a $250 Suttons Bay Bucks Certificate which will allow them to shop from any business that is a Chamber member.

Explore Sugar Loaf with Ruin Road
Grand Rapids-based Ruin Road has a great video that melds modern and past video & photos of Sugar Loaf.

Seasonal Housing Exchange for Summer Workers
This summer the Sleeping Bear Gateways Council is helping find hosts for seasonal employees through a housing exchange:

Leland's Hollywood & Crime team gets major recognition
Their latest series Death of a Starlet Podcast is ranked number six in the TOP 25 NEW PODCASTS OF 2021!!

Sunset on Sugar Loaf
Here's a great shot of the sunset over Sugar Loaf Mountain last night that Heather shared in the Friends of Sugar Loaf group on Facebook.

Workforce Housing coming to Northport?
The Leelanau Ticker reports that the former Leelanau Memorial Hospital in Northport has been purchased & could include affordable housing.

Grand Traverse Band enters cannabis industry
Dispensaries and related businesses could soon open on tribal land in Peshawbestown, Acme and Whitewater townships now that the Grand Traverse Band Of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (GTB) Tribal Council enacted a Tribal Marijuana Ordinance that goes into effect Sunday.

Olean's Dispensary: August opening for Leelanau's first marijuana provisioning center
The Leelanau Ticker has an update on Olean's Dispensary in Northport which opens in mid-August & will be Leelanau County's first marijuana provisioning center.

Mawby partners with Great Lakes documentary crew
UpNorth Live reports that Mawby Sparking Wine in Suttons Bay is partnering with an independent documentary crew to help spread awareness about the water quality of the Great Lakes.

Sugar Loaf demolition to begin this month
The Glen Arbor Sun reports that the new (and currently unknown) Sugar Loaf Resort owner announced today that Kalamazoo's Taplin Enterprises, LLC has been awarded the demolition contract for the former ski resort property.