The Latest Leelanau County Blotter & 911 Call Report

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 is excerpted from the October 11 to October 27 call reports.

1:52pm 5/4/2026 Animal Control Olivia Dr., House has a dog that is always chained up outside and is very thin. 

3:07pm 5/4/2026 Fire Lake Leelnanau, Grass fire going up the hill next to them. 

5:06pm 5/4/2026 Illegal Burning Cleveland Twp., Caller reporting this address is burning.

5:25pm 5/4/2026 Trespassing Cleveland Twp., Caller would like to speak with a deputy regarding subject who left weird note at farm stand yesterday. 

5:29pm 5/4/2026 Fire Smoke Lake Leelanau, Tree is smoking pretty bad, no flames. There is a smoking tree. Tree burning on the inside, requesting road commission to cut it down.

3:43pm 5/5/2026 Animal Control S West-Bay Shore Dr., Caller advised what looked to be an emaciated dog or coyote walking around the parking lot then limped off into the bushes near the pond. 

11:01pm 5/5/2026 Suspicious Incident Leland, Caller reporting a man outside yelling profanities and thinks he should be checked on. 

8:18am 5/6/2026 Traffic Violation W Burdickville Rd., Black Ford Explorer was tailgating excessively. She has a video and would like to speak to an officer. 

12:10pm 5/7/2026 Trespassing Centerville Twp., Neighbors continuously come onto caller’s property, have been asked numerous times to stay off and they will not comply. Caller just wanted the boundary lines re-established and nothing farther at this time. 

8:23pm 5/8/2026 Suspicious Person Kasson Twp., Caller is reporting a man who was walking down Kasson Road looking suspicious, he is now sitting on a bench in front of shop.

4:37pm 5/9/2026 Disorderly Glen Arbor Twp., Man across the street wearing blue long sleeve shirt yelling. He was trying to get into one of the restaurants and screaming about a parking spot. 

10:39am 5/10/2026 Leave Scene Cedar, Someone ran off the road and took out the mailbox.