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 July 6 to July12 call reports.

11:06am 7/6/2026 Fire Wires Down Maple CIty, Truck took down some power lines. 

6:37pm 7/6/2026 Traffic Violation S Center Hwy., White F350 driving 80-90 mph, passed 4 cars.

3:08pm 7/7/2026 Heat/Cold Exposure Glen Arbor, Woman last seen at marker #10, exhausted from heat, standing by. Polaris’ have launched, has patient. 

4:50pm 7/7/2026 Info Empire Twp., Durango parked on the roadway “pretty close” to blocking his driveway.

7:23am 7/8/2026 Citizen Assist Elmwood Twp., Black truck and Jeep. 2 males arguing on the side of the road.

11:53am 7/8/2026 Welfare Check Bingham Twp., Male is screaming in the yard at the top of his lungs. 

4:14pm 7/8/2026 Info Lake Leelnanu, Caller requesting extra patrols tonight, last night 3 kids took cushions off lawn chairs and burned them. 

2:43pm 7/9/2026 Threats Leland, Caller is evicting tenant and he is sending her threats. 

12:50pm 7/11/2026 Civil Leelanau Cty., Sister taking things. 

3:53pm 7/11/2026 Motor Vehicle Crash Glen Arbor, Truck crashed through gate and continued to worksite.

4:45pm 7/11/2026 Motor Vehicle Crash Leland, Car was parked near this intersection, found huge gash in the side. 

7:39pm 7/11/2026 WC Disabled Leland, Caller hears screams for help and a distress call out on the lake. 1,000ft offshore, small vessel of some kind. Possibly 2 people on the vessel, can’t tell if they have life jackets. Everyone on shore. 

9:29am 7/12/2026 Suspicious Incident W Harbor Hwy., Reports of children running around naked, urinating in public. 

1:37pm 7/12/2026 Trespassing Suttons Bay Twp., Caller reporting someone trespassed on his property last night and started a fire.