Archive for category: news

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.
Diving the Kyle Spangler by Chris Roxburgh

Interview with Shipwreck Diver Chris Roxburgh

The Leelanau Ticker has a great feature on local shipwreck diver & frequent Leelanau.com contributor Chris Roxburgh.
Sleeping Bear Dunes NL Ranger Teacher Program

Sleeping Bear Dunes NPS seeking Teacher-Ranger-Teacher

The virtual Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) to spend the summer collaborating with rangers to develop education programs.
Glen Lake Lakers Girls Basketball team State Champions

Glen Lake Wins State Basketball Championship

The Glen Lake Lakers Girls Basketball team has won their first state championship since 1978.
Alewife Dieoff by Sleeping Bear Dunes NPS

Alewives return to Leelanau beaches

Some of Leelanau's beaches are currently littered with multitudes of dead fish known as the alewife. Learn about them here!
Empire beach sunset with bicycle by kcunning

Sleeping Bear Lakeshore considering Mountain Biking

From the Department of It's About Time comes news that the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is considering permitting mountain biking (some day).
Forest Fire - Sleeping Bear Dunes by Todd

Red Flag Fire Danger for Leelanau today!!

mLive shares that the northern half of Lower Michigan has a red flag fire warning today, meaning that the warm, dry, windy conditions allow wildfires to not only start easily, but also spread quickly.
Full Moon by Wesley Bond

Blood Moon Eclipse on May 15th

On the night of Sunday, May 15th, a lunar eclipse will begin in Leelanau at 10:28 pm with total eclipse (when the moon turns red) occurring at 12:11 am.
Smoke Fish Not Tobacco

Sheriff seeks tips on Fishtown bomb threat

Leelanau County Dispatch received a call from an unknown male who made threats to kill his spouse and also made a bomb threat about an object being placed in the Historic Fishtown District of Leland
Seasonal Workers in Leelanau County

Seasonal Housing Exchange for Summer Workers

This summer the Sleeping Bear Gateways Council is helping find hosts for seasonal employees through a housing exchange:
Stars Rain over Port Oneida by Heather Higham

Leelanau Dark Sky Committee working to reclaim our night sky

The Traverse City Record-Eagle shares how dark sky advocates are working to reclaim Leelanau Peninsula’s night sky heritage in 2022.
Eastern Standard Time video

Eastern Standard Time from the Accidentals

Northern Michigan’s own The Accidentals have released a new video for “Eastern Standard Time” co-written with Wisconsin native Peter Mulvey that you can see has a lot of love for Leelanau!!