5 YEARS AGO March 12, 2020
Cruise ships on the Great Lakes won’t be making further stops at the Leelanau Peninsula anytime soon. In a press release issued Wednesday, Discovery Center Great Lakes in Elmwood Township announced it will no longer serve as a port for visiting cruise ships. In comments to the Leelanau Enterprise, Discover Center CEO Matt McDonough said the practice didn’t align with the organization’s mission. *** A Cedar area family is among the 60 million people currently in lockdown in Italy over the coronavirus. Bill Robinson, his wife, Cheryl, and daughter, Annalise, are safe and healthy in Como, a small town in the north near the Swiss border. But the family is very limited in activity after Tuesday’s bold move to lockdown travel. “The Italian government signed a decree limiting movement and imposing extreme measures not seen since World War II,” Robinson said.
10 YEARS AGO
March 12, 2015
There is absolutely nothing standing in the way of a quick sale of Sugar Loaf Resort to one of several “local” Leelanau County groups that have expressed an interest in acquiring the long-shuttered ski resort, according to its current owner, Remo Polselli. Talmer Bank & Trust of downstate Southfield ceased mortgage foreclosure proceedings against a former owner of the resort, Kate Wickstrom, late last month. *** A Northport resident has asked the Village Council to adopt its own end of the road ordinance to allow mooring of boats and kayaks at any time as long as it doesn’t prohibit the ingress and egress of other users. Michael Sinclair, of East Main Street, made the request during public comment at the council’s regular meeting last Thursday following three hours of short-term rental appeals that included concerns raised about renters and even villagers using road ends illegally.
25 YEARS AGO
March 16, 2000
A Leland institution for more than 100 years hopes to move to Lake Leelanau. Leelanau Enterprise publisher Alan C. Campbell has secured a purchase agreement for a 2-acre parcel near the intersection of M-204 and Co. Rd. 641 with hopes of constructing a 5,300-square-foot printing plant and business office. The move could mean there may be another 4,500-square-foot of commercial office space with a view of the Leland River where the Enterprise currently resides. *** The county’s first job evaluation and wage study in nearly 10 years has gained support from the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners – more than a month after proposals for the work were submitted.
50 YEARS AGO
March 13, 1975
Glen Lake Community School was notified Wednesday that it has been officially accredited by the University of Michigan for the first time I since 1970. In announcing the notice from the U-M, Superintendent John Greenan I said the school was commended by the U-M for achieving the accreditation, which states that the school “now meets all University of Michigan standards or exceeds them.” *** Elmer Kalchik of Gills Pier. Leelanau Township dairy and beef farmer whose 175 herd of Holstein cattle are the latest in a series of cattle herds to be quarantined because of suspected polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) food intake — a Michigan agricultural catastrophe. The milk from Kalchik’s 82 dairy cows has been tested by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and found to be safe.
75 YEARS AGO March 16, 1950
Roy and Elmer Burgess of Dundee, Glen Lake cottage owners, nearly lost their ives, plus their new car late Saturday afternoon in a plunge through the ice into 20 feet of water in Little Glen. Trapped inside the car by water pressure, Roy Burgess would have lost his life had in not been for his brother, struggling without help. *** Just how the Lake Leelanau Eagles accomplished their stunning 26-17 defeat of Onekama Saturday night for the Regional Basketball Championship will be a subject of argument for months to come. Those closest to the story, however, believe it was a combination of Coach Elden Dame’s strategy, his team’s ability to follow instructions, and prayer.
100 YEARS AGO March 12, 1925
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Carlson and son are guests of their parents Mr. and Mrs. Nels Carlson. *** Leonard Warner of Suttons Bay and Clarence Warner of Grand Rapids were called home on account of the illness of their mother.
