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 June 8 to June 14 call reports.

8:27am 6/8/2026 Animal Control Cedar, Came around corner to find 4 cows in the roadway.

9:38am 6/8/2026 Break Enter Empire Twp., Came to his storage locker earlier, lock had been removed. 

2:30pm 6/8/2026 Larceny Leelanau Cty., Caller thinks her phone was stolen from her car while she was in jail. Vehicle was parked at her residence during this time. Says boyfriend had access. 

3:29pm 6/8/2026 Unknown Problem Leelanau Cty., Reporter called to say he committed a crime. Hostile situation.

2:35am 6/10/26 Citizen Assist Leelnaanu State Park, Blackbear at site.

12:30pm 6/10/2026 Suspicious Vehicle Leelanau Cty., Vehicle parked near her driveway and thinks it is suspicious. Male sitting inside.

3:29pm 6/10/2026 Road Hazard Elmwood Twp., Turtle in the middle of the road that has been hit by a car. It is causing people to swerve all over the road to avoid it. UTL turtle. 

7:18am 6/11/2026 Info Cleveland St., Younger female walking down the road with a backpack wearing flip flops. Shorts and a tank looked to be angry. He just thought something we should be aware of and that she did that she did not seem to be dressed for school. 

12:50pm 6/11/2026 Retail Fraud Glen Arbor, Juveniles stealing yesterday, have them on camera, possibly identified through social media. 

9:23am 6/12/2026 Suspicious Incident N Main St., Caller’s car was stolen within last 5 minutes. Full gas tank. Keys and phone left in car. 

12:09pm 6/12/2026 Suspicious Incident W Fourth St., Watched a man at a manhole drop glass or metallic items into drains.

2:35am 6/13/2026 Motor Vehicle Crash S West Bay Shore Dr., Caller woke out of a dead sleep and hears squealing tires and possibly a crash. Out with a vehicle, Black Jeep with heavy damage. 

9:33am 6/14/2026 Building Check Lake Leelananu, Neigbor has noticed an open door at this address for about a week. Thinks someone should check it.