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Photographer Bob Jones of Glen Arbor captured this shot of a juvenile Bald Eagle near Glen Lake.
Photographer Bob Jones
Photographer Bob Jones of Glen Arbor captured this shot of a juvenile Bald Eagle near Glen Lake. 01/17/2024 04:38 PM
Diane Kathleen Silkworth
Diane Kathleen Silkworth
Diane Kathleen Silkworth, 77, peacefully passed away on January 9, 2024, surrounded by her loving family at her house on Lake Leelanau. That morning, prior to her death, Diane listened to soft guitar and singing from a group of ten family and friends. During the prior evening, Diane cheerfully watched the Michigan football triumph—a family tradition. Born on April 29, 1946, in Battle Creek, Michigan, Diane was the cherished daughter of Viola and Marshall Douglas. As a child, she loved waiting by her farm country roadside to watch Roy Rogers arrive with his horse wagons when in town for a parade. 01/17/2024 04:38 PM
Lori Jo Holstege
Lori Jo Holstege
Lori with her beautiful smile and big heart died at home from complications of ALS with husband David holding her hand and dog Norman curled at her side. Lori was born June 14, 1957 in Holland, Michigan to Henry and Lois Holstege. 01/17/2024 04:38 PM
Barbara W. Vilter
Barbara W. Vilter
Barbara Watt Vilter, age 77, of Leland, Michigan, passed away on January 13, 2024 at Effie’s Place. She was born on July 7, 1946, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to the late David and Mary Watt. 01/17/2024 04:38 PM
Gene Raymond Homminga
Gene Raymond Homminga
Died January 10, 2024 Peshawbestown - Gene Raymond Homminga, 78, peacefully left this world on January 10, 2024, in Traverse City, Michigan. Gene was born on June 30, 1945, in Sault Ste. 01/17/2024 04:38 PM
Cynthia Elizabeth Wilson
Cynthia Elizabeth Wilson
Cynthia Elizabeth Wilson, 90 of Maple City, passed away Thursday, January 11, 2024 at home. Cynthia was born on June 27, 1933 in Pittsburgh, PA to the late Watson and Ruth (Patterson) Stone. 01/17/2024 04:38 PM
Elmer Richard Kalchik
Elmer Richard Kalchik
Elmer Richard Kalchik, 90, of Northport, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 12, 2024, at his daughter’s house in Suttons Bay, with his family by his side. He was born on September 10, 1933, in Petoskey, Michigan, the son of Roy and Celia (Houdek) Kalchik. 01/17/2024 04:38 PM
Winter wallops peninsula
Winter wallops peninsula
Rosie Vasquez gripped the snowblower handles like her life depended upon them as snowflakes fell on her driveway and the temperature stubbornly hovered at 12 degrees, where it had stood for most of the day. 01/17/2024 04:38 PM
Enterprise photo by Alan Campbell
Temperatures that strained to hit double digits on Tuesday
Temperatures that strained to hit double digits on Tuesday did not keep the construction crew for North Shore Contracting from putting up walls on a spec house near the Lake Leelanau Narrows. Craig Raley, left, and company owner Jonathon Haskins say they prepare for cold days by turning down thermometers in their homes. 01/17/2024 04:38 PM
LLLA gets ‘intervenor’ status
LLLA gets ‘intervenor’ status
The Lake Leelanau Lake Association (LLLA) is now a party to a lawsuit over expansion of the Leelanau Pines Campground. LLLA President Nancy Popa confi rmed this week that the association has been granted intervenor status in Northgate-Leelanau Pines v. 01/17/2024 04:38 PM
Senior millage OK’d by board
Senior millage OK’d by board
The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a millage request for its senior services department, which will appear on the Michigan 2024 primary election ballot in August. Voters will consider a proposal to renew the millage at a rate of 0.32 for two years, which would be a slight increase from the 0.3134 rate set in 2022. 01/17/2024 04:38 PM
Survey results demand action
Survey results demand action
We were disheartened by the findings of an employee survey on the work culture within the county building released last week. Michigan Leadership Institute (MLI) regional president John Scholten presented the findings of a survey in which 85 of the county’s 117 employees responded. 01/10/2024 03:45 PM

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