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The Latest Leelanau County Blotter & 911 Call Report

By Ticker Staff | Nov. 5, 2025

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 28 to November 2 call reports.

6:16am 10/28/2025 Suspicious Incident E Traverse Hwy., Caller driving and a light in the ditch caught her attention. Not sure what it was, did not feel safe stopping. 

12:45pm 10/28/2025 Animal Control Suttons Bay Twp., Walking dog, subject was nearby with her dog that started to lunge at caller then subject started yelling obscenities at her.

4:45pm 10/28/2025 Illegal Burn Lake Leelnaanu, Leaves burning with no one around– yelled for someone but no one came. Near transformer site, big pile of leaves. 

2:21pm 10/30/2025 Info Maple City, Caller reporting staff interaction. Someone with threatening behavior. 

5:50pm 10/30/2025 Suspicious Incident Leland Twp., Calling because his neighbor texted him to say his front door was open. 

10:56am 10/31/2025 Animal Control Suttons Bay Twp., Collie type dog, blond in color with white face. 

2:02pm 10/31/2025 Traffic Violation N Eagle Hwy., Red SUV driving erratically. Ran through stop sign, stuck his whole body out to yell at other driver.

3:19:pm 10/31/2025 Motor Vehicle Crash Empire Twp., ​​Someone came down the hill and hit her van which pushed it into her garage door.

5:37pm 10/31/2025 Illegal Hunting Lake Leelnanau, Caller heard a bow hunter hit a deer on the edge of her property. The deer was on her property. No one had permission to hunt there. 

5:21pm 11/1/2025 Suspicious Incident Cedar, Caller got an envelope in his back door.

2:36am 11/2/2025 Suspicious Vehicle N West-Bay Shore Dr., Checking on vehicle at the turnout. Subject was just waiting to take sunrise photos. 

8:05pm 11/2/2025 Larceny Maple City, Caller believes his gun was stolen out of his vehicle.

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