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 October 12 to October 18 call reports.

7:26pm 10/12/2026 OWI E Cherry Bend Rd., Woman in parking lot saying she’s in mental distress.

4:41pm 10/13/2026 Animal Control Empire Twp., Neighbor’s dog killed caller’s duck early this summer. Another dog has done the same thing. Now it has happened a third time. 

4:55pm 10/13/2026 Suspicious Incident W Traverse Hwy., Arrived home and found 4 men there outside of their vehicle. Asked what they were doing, they said they were from Chicago. Were acting strangely. They departed, unknown direction, unknown vehicle description.

8:47am 10/14/2026 Trespassing N West-Bay Shore Dr., Neighbor keeps putting political signs on caller’s property. 

4:06pm 10/15/2026 Traffic Violation N West-Bay Shore Dr., Around 7:20 every morning there are cars that blow by the buses with their “stop” signal out.

8:49pm 10/15/2026 Felony/Assault W Empire Hwy., Someone outside screaming. Second caller reporting that a man knocked on his door and said that he was hit by a car. 45-27 has one in custody.

4:19pm 10/16/2026 Suspicious Incident S Center Hwy., Man sitting along the trail yelling and screaming for about 5 minutes. 

10:48pm 10/16/2026 MIP S West-Bay Shore Dr., One in custody. Just found two more subjects in the trunk. 

11:21am 10/17/2026 Dispatch S West-Bay Shore Dr., Caller hit an animal, thinks it may be a bobcat. Stopped, moved the animal to the side of the troad. Thinks it might still be alive. 

5:31pm 10/17/2026 Neighbor Cedar, Neighbor blew leaves into caller’s yard. Caller is very upset.

5:29pm 10/18/2026 Suspicious Incident Empire Twp., Caller said there was a man in the passenger seat of a large black vehicle, appeared to be wearing a ski mask and holding a long gun. Checked beach parking, nothing found.