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 April 27 to May 3 call reports.

10:21am 4/27/2026 Neighbor Cedar, Neighbor trying to saw down her metal fence. Talked with both parties, civil issue. 

6:53pm 4/27/2026 Animal Control Leelanau Cty., Pit mix, mostly tan with some white, very friendly, wandered onto caller’s property. 

8:07am 4/28/2026 Suspicious Incident E Harbor Hwy, Says there is a truck on the side of the road unloading porta-johns and is spilling porta-john fluid all over and it might be going into Lime Lake. 

12:35pm 4/28/2026 MVC Maple City, Single vehicle in the swamp. 

7:29pm 4/28/2026 Citizen Assist Elmwood Twp., Caller is reporting there is no heat in the basement and that no one in the family is doing anything about it and they won’t answer her calls or talk with her. 

7:19am 4/29/2026 Suspicious Incident Cleveland Twp., Daughter woke up at 1am, person walking across the side yard shining flashlight around yard and windows. 

10:10am 4/30/2026 Suspicious Incident Leelanau Cty., Caller advised guests reported a male with white hair and white goatee peaking in their window. 

3:13pm 5/1/2026 Fire Cedar, Caller is watching person burn trash.

6:57pm 5/1/2026 Fire Cedar, Caller is reporting a telephone pole near this address that appeared to be smoking. Same controlled burn from earlier, no pole is on fire. 

11:19am 5/3/2026 Welfare Check Leelanau Cty., Caller has not heard from brother, would like a welfare check.

5:14pm 5/3/2026 Traffic Violation S West-Bay Shore Dr., Guest came into their car with open intox beverage.