Leelanau County News and Latest Info
The Northport Winter Carnival has always been a celebration of family-friendly events, such as at the cardboard sled races, and the unusual, like the outhouse races.
This year, there’s even more celebrating planned as the dedication and opening of the
State conservation officer Mike Borkovich has been named to an elite group identified as the best in the nation at protecting natural resources.
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Does it feel like this winter hasn’t been as bad as last year’s?
It does to animals living in the woods and wild of Leelanau County, or at least, that’s what experts are saying.
Rich Earle, a wildlife biologist with the Michigan Department of Natura
Empire and Glen Arbor are the places to be in the county this weekend.
The 25th annual Empire Winterfest includes a pool tournament Friday, children’s games and the Polar Bear Dip Saturday, and a pancake breakfast Sunday.
Glen Arbor, meanwhile, will
Members of the Suttons Bay Bingham Fire and Rescue are offering a bonfire, a place to get out of the cold and a chance to catch a mess of fish as a way to encourage young people into ice fishing.
“I’m just trying to promote parents getting their childr
Although water levels in Lake Michigan ended 2009 about 10 inches higher than the same time in 2008, the Army Corps of Engineers office in Detroit predicts the big lake likely will begin the recreational boating season in June with water levels only sligh
Ice fishermen, start your spuds.
Winter fishing has begun in earnest in Leelanau County, with all but big Glen Lake frozen over and attracting anglers.
Caution, however, is still urged. Greg Alsip of the Fish Hooked shop in Lake Leelanau said a fish
Cross-country skiing and skate skiing will be taught Jan. 11 and 13 through Northwestern Michigan College’s Extended Education program.
Both classes are designed for beginners and open to adults of all ages. They are held at the Vasa trailhead on Bartl
If you want to know how big bucks survive the 16-day firearms deer season, just ask Rich Bahle of Suttons Bay.
Bahle routinely kayaks on Sundays from his home north of the village to Bahle’s department store for a couple hours of work. About two weeks
Guided snowshoe hikes will be resuming at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
Park officials said a special holiday hike will be offered Wednesday, Dec. 30, and that regular hikes will be held every Saturday and Sunday, beginning Jan. 2, through Fe
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