Yet another dispute has surfaced in an election race for three seats on the Grand Traverse Band (GTB) Tribal Council.

The tribal Election Board was meeting Wednesday evening, Sept. 8, to hear allegations from two tribal members against the top vote-get

Gaylon E. Charter, Leelanau Township’s deputy fire chief, died September 6 at Munson Medical Center. He was 62.

Charter joined the Fire Department on Oct. 1, 1974 and was promoted to deputy fire chief on Sept. 5, 2007. And, like Chief Hugh Cook Jr., Ch

The heat in the Leelanau County courthouse appeared to reach a boiling point this week as officials struggled with how to overcome a projected $1.2 million budget shortfall for 2011 that grew primarily from the failure of last month’s millage proposal to

Keeping Glen Lake and its surrounding watershed as pure as possible is the motivating force behind the Glen Lake Association’s effort to have Empire, Glen Arbor and Kasson townships adopt an ordinance banning the use of phosphorus-based fertilizer within

Unless a challenge is filed by 5 p.m. today, Sept. 2, results of the thrice-rescheduled General Election of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians will stand, and three new members of the Tribal Council will be sworn in Tuesday, Sept. 7, a

A federal lawsuit filed by five deputies more than 17 months ago against Leelanau County, its sheriff and undersheriff is grinding on following a decision last week by the county board to “pursue defense of the case” rather than pay more than $1 million t

Members of the Suttons Bay-Bingham Fire and Rescue Department are seeking to unionize.

The head of the fire and rescue authority, Suttons Bay Township supervisor Rich Bahle, said he was “mystified” by the move, and could not explain why the department’

As he passes the first anniversary of his hiring in September 2009, county administrator Eric Cline will undergo his first formal “performance evaluation” from county commissioners in October.

Last week, the chairman of the county board, District No. 4

Voters in Suttons Bay Township will be asked to approve a new property tax levy of up to 0.25 mill for up to three years to provide funds for the maintenance and construction of Herman Park.

The Suttons Bay Township Board held a special meeting on Tues

The Leelanau Township Board is buying a five-acre parcel just north of the township fire station on Mill Street that will include a storage building for the township’s maintenance equipment and supplies.

At a special meeting Thursday, the board reviewe