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 September 16 to September 20 call reports.

2:50pm 9/16/2026 Welfare Check Leelanau Cty., Caller is concerned about welfare of an individual who is malnourished living in a barn. 

4:33pm 9/16/2026 Larceny Lake Leelanau, Someone stole his political sign. 

9:22pm 9/16/2026 Suspicious Person Suttons Bay Twp., Caller is reporting a man acting suspicious in the alley. 

12:39pm 9/17/2026 Traffic Violation Cedar, Young driver driving fast, erratically passing drivers.

3:40pm 9/17/2026 MVC Leelanau Cty., Male in late 80s drove into parking lot, both his tires are flat and he can hardly stand up straight. Not physically injured. Hit the arrow sign coming into town.

4:54pm 9/17/2026 Info Sleeping Bear Bay, Male in wetsuit on a stand-up motorized surf board heading south, doesn’t look to the caller like he is wearing a PFD.

3:18am 9/18/2026 Suspicious Vehicle N West-Bay Shore Dr., SUV idling for over an hour. There was a man sleeping in his car because his family staying in the room snores. 

11:49am 9/18/2026 Animal Control Leelanau Cty., Two dogs have been in their neighborhood a number of times. Approached growling and there was no one around, two dogs approached him while he was mowing his lawn and he had to fend them off with his mower. 

12:01pm 9/20/2026 Unlawful Driving Away of Vehicle Vans Beach, Caller said she went to Vans Beach, came back 30 minutes later and car is gone. She has the keys. On arrival, caller drove up in her car and proclaimed she "found it”.