Transparency on the Docket: County Board Considers Dyer FOIA Appeal, Hears Calls for Risbridger Investigation
By Craig Manning | Nov. 11, 2026
Should the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners release more details about the investigation that led to the departure of former County Administrator Jim Dyer? And do accusations made last month by former Finance Director Rio Risbridger deserve a formal investigation of their own? Both questions were raised at an executive board session Tuesday, with commissioners likely to vote on one of them at next week’s regular November meeting.
Dyer investigation
The topic of Dyer’s exit, which occurred at the end of July, resurfaced at Tuesday’s executive board session, thanks to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) appeal brought by county resident Gary Hosking. Hosking, a vocal critic of Dyer dating …
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