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Nightmare on Ice, Miracle on Ice

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Remembering a near-death experience on frozen Lake Michigan. It was Super Bowl Sunday of 1984, and the carefree 15-year-old girls wanted to find ice caves. Karen Gros and Bobbi Boos, students at the Leelanau School north of Glen Arbor, walked onto frozen Sleeping Bear Bay in search of tunnels and mammoth formations they expected to find on Lake Michigan. The girls suddenly found themselves on a chunk of ice that broke off from the pack and began floating away from the shore. Suddenly, the ice on which they stood began to disintegrate into smaller chunks.

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Glen Lake Woman’s Club holds July 4 flag raising at Old Settlers Park

Join community members of all ages in celebrating the founding of our nation in a joyous and patriotic ceremony at 10 am, July 4, at Old Settlers Picnic Grounds on the western shore of Big Glen Lake. The traditional raising of the flag by the Glen Lake Fire Department will be led by Chief Bryan Ferguson and will be followed by a singalong of well-loved and familiar patriotic songs.

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Boat fire on Glen Lake rallies neighbors. Five boaters, one dog safe

Soon after Jason and Jennifer Mott Paupore, their children and dog embarked in their 2006 Galaxie Deck boat on Saturday, July 15 for an early evening of tubing, they accelerated and heard a sudden bang and a pop from the boat’s engine. Jason saw smoke and flames coming out of the engine. He used the fire extinguisher to attempt to put out the fire, but it didn’t help. “We couldn’t stop the fire, so we hopped in the lake and let the boat burn,” said Jason. Conor McCahill, owner of On the Narrows Marina, pulled up to the burning vessel, hopped on board and took Pepper onto his own boat, “like a hero running into a burning building,” said Jason. “A huge ‘thank you’ to the Glen Lake Fire Department, the sheriff’s office, the McCahills both for their work on the water and their hospitality when they got us back to shore, and to everybody on Glen Lake who came by and offered to help!”

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Glen Arbor Fourth of July Parade organizer Stan Brubaker dies

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Stan Brubaker, the unofficial organizer and grand marshal selector for Glen Arbor’s “anything goes” Fourth of July parade, died on Monday, March 6, at age 95 at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City. According to his daughter Kristi, longtime family friend and former Glen Lake fire chief John DePuy will take over parade duties. This will be the 60th year of the parade.

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Glen Lake Fire Department hosts open house

The Glen Lake Fire Department’s station # 1 will host an open house on Saturday, July 30, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The location is 6401 W. State St. in Glen Arbor.

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Calm and professional while putting out fire

On Jan. 18, LeBear Resort manager Jennifer Tremble (r) presented a second donation—this time a check for $1,000—to Glen Lake Fire Department chief Bryan Ferguson (l) for putting out the fire at LeBear early in the morning of May 15, 2021.

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Morning at the Monument

Empire writer Anne-Marie Oomen read the following poem this morning—September 11, 2021—at the annual September 11 ceremony of remembrance at the Glen Lake Fire Department. Her poem, “Morning at the Monument” (a roughshod sonnet) was inspired by this 20th anniversary and a study of the monument, a shard of one of the Twin Towers that is memorialized in Glen Arbor.

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Pancake Breakfast July 18 supports Glen Lake Fire Department

The Glen Lake Fire and Rescue Association will host a pancake breakfast on Sunday, July 18, from 8 a.m. until noon at the Glen Arbor Township Hall. Proceeds benefit the Association to assist the Glen Lake Fire Department with funding for training and equipment purchases. The cost is $8 per person; children 5 and under are free. The Township Hall is located at 6394 W. Western Avenue in Glen Arbor.

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Glen Lake EMTs adjust to emergencies during coronavirus

Aaron Brown, a lieutenant at the Glen Lake Fire Department, is one of 19 first responders in Leelanau County equipped to handle calls that involve potential COVID-19 cases. The coronavirus pandemic has forced the fire department, and EMTs everywhere, to adapt in significant ways this spring.

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Leelanau Essentials—the workers who keep us safe during the pandemic. Meet Glen Lake firefighter Nathaniel Feldpausch

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.

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