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 26 to Febuary 1call reports.

8:53am 1/26/2026 Traffic Violation S West-Bay Shore Dr., Semi truck with a canvas-covered load driving extremely recklessly, passing cars, crossing lines. Acting very suspicious. 

9:52am 1/26/2026 Animal Control Maple City, Two cats that look to be dumped in the snowbank. Brown and white. 

10:56am 1/26/2026 Animal Control Kasson Twp., Caller thinks horses are being neglected. 

8:01am 1/28/2026 Citizen Assist Leelanau Cty., Caller has questions regarding the legality of recording someone through the walls and disseminating it. 

9:07am 1/28/2026 Motor Vehicle Crash Bingham Twp., Truck tipped on its side, driver cannot get out.

10:40am 1/29/2026 Animal Control Maple City, 6 horses that do not have a shelter.

3:38pm 1/29/2026 Motor Vehicle Crash Lake Leelanau, Saw a 2 vehicle crash. No other info.

9:57pm 1/29/2026 Motor Vehicle Crash N West-Bay Shore Dr, Caller is reporting a full sized pickup in the ditch in front of his house. 

10:34am 1/30/2026 Fire Vehicle N West-Bay Shore Dr., Saw a vehicle smoking on the side of the road. Maybe on fire. Man was getting out to check on it.

11:19am 1/31/2026 Trespassing Suttons Bay Twp., Asked subject to leave for using foul language. 

12:04pm 1/31/2026 Suspicious Incident Maple City, Arrived home this morning and individual was in front of his house on a snowmobile taking pictures of his house.

12:16am 2/1/2026 Suspicious Vehicle S West-Bay Shore Dr., 45-27 called out with a suspicious vehicle.