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Leelanau kicks off the 2025 winter season in style!

Michigan Storm Chasers highlighted Leelanau as their overachiever of lake effect snow so far!
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Northern Lights are LIKELY tonight!!

NOAA NWS National Space Weather Prediction Center is calling for G3 level aurora activity to continue tonight, which means that Northern Lights are more likely.
The Hunter's Moon by Scott Cain

Hunter’s Moon & Taurid Meteors

Nature is particularly cooperative around the time of the autumnal equinox to make the fall full moonrises special.

Leelanau County, Benzie County & Traverse City Area Food Resources

Resources to help family, friends & neighbors in Northwest Michigan get through the chaos caused by a lapse in SNAP benefit funding.
Leland State Soccer Championships by Hemlut Goral

Leland Comets headed to Class D Soccer Championships!

Leland boys soccer (15-8-2) will be competing for a state championship after the Comets defeated Grandville Calvin Christian yesterday!
At the End of the Trail by James Banks

Happy 55th Birthday to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore!

Today is the 55th birthday of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
Susan & Brian Price, Ed & Bobbie Collins, and Leelanau Conservancy director Tom Nelson

Farewell to Ed Collins, a champion for Leelanau

Remembering one of the Leelanau Conservancy's founders on his passing.

Don’t forget about Leelanau’s Black Bears during Fat Bear Week!

While neither Leelanau County nor Michigan has brown bears, our native black bear population is out there in the woods right now, actively searching for the raw materials to pack on the pounds

Smells like Pure Michigan to me

NPR shares that Pure Michigan has a new partnership to develop fragrances inspired by some of the signature scents of Michigan including its beaches, flowers and vineyards.

Manitou Island Transit sues Sleeping Bear NPS over ferry contract

Manitou Island Transit has been providing ferry service to the Manitou Islands since 1917. Now its back is up against the wall with the planned closure of the dock at South Manitou next year

Leelanau Rewind: The Storm of August 2015

Ten years ago today, one of the strongest storms in memory ripped through the Leelanau Peninsula & northwest Michigan but focused its fury on Glen Arbor.

Support Tribal fisherwoman Cindi John after Walmart assault

Learn about Cindi John of Treaty Fish Co. in Peshawbestown who was assaulted at Walmart last weekend.