Primary Election Results: Benson vs. James, El-Sayed vs. Stevens, and a String of Uncontested Leelanau Races

By Craig Manning

Michigan voters will decide between Democrat Jocelyn Benson and Republican John James come November, as the state prepares to elect its first new governor in eight years. …

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 …

Suspicious Person Investigation Leads to Drug Arrest

On August 1 at shortly before 1 a.m., troopers from the Michigan State Police Traverse City Post responded to a gas station on West Bayshore Drive for …

Leelanau, Protected: Conservancy Announces $75M Campaign, $9M Left to Go

By Art Bukowski

The Leelanau Conservancy aims to protect the "lands, waters and wildlife that define life in Leelanau County” with a comprehensive, $75 million fundraising campaign. Leelanau, Protected: A …

Leelanau County Will Pay Dyer Nearly $70,000 For 'Mutual Separation Agreement'

By Craig Manning

Leelanau County will pay former County Administrator Jim Dyer nearly $70,000 to satisfy the terms of a new separation agreement, The Ticker has learned. While Dyer had …

Leelanau & Dyer Have Separated

The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners has entered into a “mutual separation agreement” with County Administrator Jim Dyer. The news was announced with a press release sent …