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 January 7 to January 13 call reports.

11:09am 1/7/2025 Suspicious Incident S West-Bay Shore Dr., Last night there were two males that came in and purchased $1600 on scratch offs from a card. 

4:54pm 1/7/2025 Suspicious Incident Lake Leelanau, Found footprints that came through the fence gate, all around the house, up onto the deck up to the slider door.

5:41pm 1/8/2025 Suspicious Person Maple City, Someone hanging around at caller’s property. 

10:52am 1/9/2025 Fraud Lake Leelanau, Someone started a website selling drones and the site has all of the caller’s information listed as the contact for the site. 

5:58pm 1/9/2025 Suspicious Incident Elmwood Twp., Caller had a PPO against an individual and they think she is currently two doors down. 

11:30am 1/10/2025 Animal Control Leelanau Cty., Dog ran after deer last night.

2:23pm 1/10/2025 Traffic Violation Lake Leelanau, Caller concerned for female driver, seemed “out of it”. Checked the driver, nothing is out of sorts. 

4:23pm 1/10/2025 Unconscious Leelanau Cty., Guy at air pump laying in snow.

8:12am 1/11/2025 Car Animal S West-Bay Shore Dr., Nissan hit a dog, it ran. Apparently okay. Some damage to vehicle. 

8:30am Motor Vehicle Crash Maple City, Subaru outback vehicle in ditch last night and it is damaged. 

5:19pm 1/12/2025 Citizen Assist Suttons Bay Twp., Walking the trails and got disoriented. Currently helping them, with the map pings and they are attempting to follow their own tracks.

5:28pm 1/12/2025 Motor Vehicle Crash Kasson Twp., Caller's daughter was driving, slid into tree and sign. No injuries, they will need an accident report and will try to get the car out themselves. Called back, requested Bingham to get them out. 

6:26pm 1/12/2025 Family Trouble Lake Leelanau, Caller is having an argument with his girlfriend. 

11:10am 1/13/2025 Suspicious Vehicle Suttons Bay Twp., Starting last week, 2 times, an unmarked white utility vehicle has been parked in caller's yard. No signage why it is there or who it is, was parked in the middle of the driveway then next time through the landscaping and parked on the drainfield.

8:54pm 1/13/2025 Welfare Check Leelanau Cty., Got a call from individual, concerned because her friend has not been answering her phone, and now it’s going straight to voicemail. Subject is okay, her phone has just been shut off.