The Glen Arbor Arts Center seeks entries for two upcoming exhibitions, Power Tools and Art In The Time Of Coronavirus. The exhibitions are scheduled for September 11–November 5.
Northwoods Hardware in Glen Arbor has a supplier who has modified their production line to produce face shields that meet Johns Hopkins Medical School and Munson specifications. Face shields are an essential part of the PPE required in hospitals, however there is a nation-wide shortage, and there is a critical need for them at Munson Healthcare.
Nathaniel Feldpausch—a firefighter and emergency medical technician (EMT) with the Glen Lake Fire Department since 2018—is among 19 first responders across Leelanau County who could get sent out with extra protective gear on COVID-19 medical calls.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced this morning that she is extending the state’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” executive order until May 15 in order to slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The order was set to expire at the end of April. However, she will ease restrictions on some activities that may make life, commerce and recreation easier on many northern Michiganders.
Glen Lake Community Schools has been delivering free breakfasts and lunches to families of its students who qualify for free- or reduced-price meals ever since schools closed on March 16.
Photos (l-r): Cherry Republic owner Bob Sutherland (photo by Taro Yamasaki); Jamaican workers employed by Anderson’s Market in 2017 (photo by Norm Wheeler); Leelanau Fruit manager Ben LaCross (photo by Madeleine Vedel) By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Farmers and retailers in Leelanau County who rely on seasonal migrant and guest workers are sweating through the […]
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in response to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, Unites States Public Health Service, and Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Today at 10 a.m. the Leelanau County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority will consider part 1 of a Brownfield Project Application from Sugar Loaf owner Jeff Katofsky and partner Rick Barreca to demolish and reconstruct the derelict one-time ski resort that has sat empty for 20 years in the heart of the County. Katofsky, a real estate developer, lawyer and minor league baseball team owner, acquired Sugar Loaf in 2016.
From staff reports Award-winning Ojibwe author and Maple City resident Lois Beardslee has published a new book this month with Wayne State University Press. The collection of poetry is titled Words like Thunder: New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers. Much of the book centers around Native people of the Great Lakes but has a universal relevance […]
We reached out to Mari Raphael, a registered nurse at the Grand Traverse Band Family Health Clinic and a tribal member, to hear how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting life for the tribe. The Leelanau Sands Casino is closed, and the tribe will begin furloughing workers next month. Nevertheless, the indispensable Family Health Clinic remains open.