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 December 29 to January 4 call reports.

10:22am 12/29/2025 Vehicle Ditch E Traverse Hwy., Witnessed vehicle go in ditch, going to try to push it out. 

11:18am 12/29/2025 Fire Wire Lines Arcing Leelanau Cty., Power line with tree on fire behind house. Active fire, pole to pole going north to south, primaries, multiple secondaries intertwined in the trees.

1:02pm 12/29/2025 Fire Wires Down Omena, Consumers pole-pole and pole-house, pole snapped lines down. 

8:37am 12/30/2025 Info Leelanau Cty., One resident witnessed suspicious activity between two other residents. 

9:25am 12/30/2025 Animal Control Leelanau Cty., Caller found a bernese mountain dog on his porch Sunday night and is unable to locate the owner. Will keep knocking on doors looking for owner, taking dog to Leelanau vet for medical attention.

3:00pm 12/31/2025 Info W Philip St Lake Leelnanau, Snowmobiles going too fast through the village with pedestrians in the area. 

4:28pm 12/31/2025 Welfare Check Suttons Bay Twp., Older male in a red sedan parked in front of the library looked to be sleeping, she was just concerned because it’s cold out. 

5:38pm 12/31/2025 Welfare Glen Arbor Twp., Caller requesting a check on three people that went out on Little Glen hours ago with a small child and she is wondering how they will get back in with their tent. 

11:11pm 12/31/2025 Fire Structure N West-Bay Shore Dr., Caller is reporting a fire in the bedroom, he believes it is out but the house is filled with smoke.

3:24pm 1/1/2026 Animal Conrol Empire Twp., Hunting dog, older, marble, orange collar, info on tag is worn and unreadable.

10:43am 1/3/2026 Info Maple City, Says neighbor at this address acts suspiciously. 

6:46pm 1/3/2026 Animal Control Leland Twp., Ongoing problem with barking dog at neighbors. Barking now, been happening for 2 or 3 nights. 

1:34pm 1/4/2026 Fire Smoke N West-Bay Shore Dr., Smoke alarms going off, caller can’t disable them, she says it looks smokey in living room but cant find any flames.