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M22 Challenge postponed until September 18
NewsOrganizers of the M22 Challenge, the popular run-bike-paddle triathlon in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and around the Glen Lakes, announced on April 15 that they will postpone this year’s race until September 18.
Earth Day 2021: This Year It’s Really about the Whole Earth
NewsWith growing scientific confirmation of accelerating global climate change, Earth Day 2021 is more than just another Earth Day. For the first time, an American president will host an international climate summit on Earth Day to “reset” domestic and international strategies to combat alarming climate trends. While global issues will headline Earth Day events, individuals can show their stewardship in a number of ways this spring. Click here to learn how the Leelanau Conservancy, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and Sleeping Bear Surf & Kayak are observing Earth Day 2021.
Meet the public health workers protecting us from COVID-19
NewsIn prosperous, care-free times, public health workers seem almost invisible. Because their job is to prevent health crises from happening, they remain in the background. Few people learn about their true impact. But when the COVID-19 global pandemic officially hit Michigan in March 2020, the public health department, nurses, doctors, and hospital workers suddenly played an outsized role in coaching us on how to survive this deadly pathogen, which as of April 12 has infected 1,107 in Leelanau County and claimed 16 lives. Here are the stories of a few local public health workers who have led our community response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Suttons Bay School hosts first annual Empty Bowls virtual event
NewsSuttons Bay Public Schools is hosting its first annual Empty Bowls silent auction and virtual event, April 14-16. Click here to register for the event and make your bids until noon on Friday, April 16.
Benzie-Leelanau Health Department reports 44 new COVID-19 cases since April 9; vaccination clinic held April 13 in Frankfort
NewsThe Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department will offer a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Tuesday, April 13, at Frankfort Trinity Lutheran Church, and provide Moderna shots. As of Monday evening, appointments were still available. Click here to schedule your slot.
Bel Lago offers food, wine, conversation with chef, author Abra Berens
NewsJoin chef and author Abra Berens for a virtual cooking lesson featuring a recipe from Abra’s cookbook Ruffage — A Practical Guide to Vegetables with wine pairing from Bel Lago winemaker Blake Lougheed.
Leelanau County registers 21 new COVID cases, 81 since April 2, as Michigan leads national surge
NewsToday the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department (BLDHD) reported 21 new cases of COVID-19 in Leelanau County and 12 in Benzie County. Since Friday, April 2, BLDHD has reported 81 cases in Leelanau and 44 cases in Benzie.
Through first quarter, Sleeping Bear Dunes on pace for another record-breaking year
NewsSleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore attracted a whopping 86,944 visitors during the first three months of 2021. That early number suggests another record-breaking year for visitation to the National Lakeshore.
Burdickville Boys celebrate John Prine with ode “Six Feet Away”
NewsHere in Burdickville on Glen Lake, Mike Binsfeld was crushed by the news of John Prine’s death one year ago today. Both of Binsfeld’s daughters had just recovered from COVID, Nancy in Colorado and Molly in California, and Mike and his wife Mindy were just emerging from the trauma of not being able to travel to their sick children because of the lockdown and not knowing just why they were sick nor how dangerous the disease could be. Mike woke up the next day with a song sliding around in his head, and so now we have his moving ode to John Prine called “Six Feet Away.”
Leelanau reports 9 new COVID cases, 32 since Friday; UK variant found in Benzie
NewsToday the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department (BLDHD) reported nine new cases of COVID-19 in Leelanau County and seven in Benzie County. Since Friday, April 2, the Health Department has reported 23 new cases in Leelanau and 13 new cases in Benzie. The BLDHD was notified today that one case of the B.1.1.7 variant that reportedly originated in the United Kingdom was identified in Benzie County.