Details Announced for Sixth Annual Northport Tea Dance

By Craig Manning

The Chetcuti Evans Foundation has shared plans for its sixth annual Northport Tea Dance, one of Leelanau County’s biggest annual LGBTQ+ pride celebrations. The event is scheduled …

The Fabulous Baker Boy: Great American Baking Show Winner’s New Cookbook Is A Northern Michigan Love Letter

By Craig Manning

Everyone can bake, especially if they have as many great ingredients right out the front door as northern Michiganders do. So says Martin Sorge, a past winner …

Early Housing Survey Results Show Hunger For Housing Reform In Leelanau

By Craig Manning

When members of the Leelanau Housing Collaborative launched a survey last month to “help local leaders understand what the community supports when it comes to attainable, year-round …

Remains identified as Samson Raphael by Tribe

Grand Traverse Band Chairwoman Sandra Witherspoon issued the following letter today regarding the human remains found this week. They were that of a man missing for months.  "To …

The Aftermath: Commissioners Talk Administrator Search, Investigation Disclosure In First Meeting Since Dyer Departure

By Craig Manning

Jim Dyer’s absence loomed large Tuesday morning, as the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners convened for the first time since the former administrator signed a $68,000 separation …

The Latest Leelanau County Blotter & 911 Call Report

By Ticker Staff

The Leelanau Ticker is back with a look at the most alarming, offbeat, or otherwise newsworthy calls to the Leelanau Office of Emergency Management/911 dispatch. The following …