Suttons Bay News

A Northern Michigan orchard is making a huge donation to the less fortunate. Cherry Bay Orchards in Suttons Bay is wrapping up the season by donating thousands of bushels of apples.

Two Peshawbestown residents face a host of felony charges after they allegedly entered a home and attacked two men.

Agriculture and environmental advocates this week asked Gov. Jennifer Granholm to rethink her executive order giving her the right to appoint two department directors now named by commissions.

Michael Moore has a treat for capitalism lovers and haters. He'll buy your ticket to see his movie at the State Theatre this week.

Although we have moved outside of the city limits, we still view Traverse City as our hometown and so are proud that MaryAnn Moore is running for a seat on the city commission.

Kerry Newcomb spent years learning how to walk and talk again after the 1986 car accident that left her with a head injury.

Michelle Baldwin likes to know where her food comes from. Every Saturday morning Baldwin takes her young sons to a farmers market where she picks out her fresh produce, plus grapes or tomatoes for her boys to munch on the ride home.

Leelanau Sheriff Mike Oltersdorf pledged to investigate allegations his deputies unlawfully entered homes, though he disputed some details of the reported misconduct.

Fast-selling travel documents speed return from Canada, Mexico Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land announced today that the popular enhanced driver's license and state ID card now are available at the Suttons Bay branch office.

SUTTONS BAY -- A northern Michigan sheriff said Wednesday that his office will investigate allegations that deputies entered homes illegally and forced young people to take breath tests for alcohol.

Grand Traverse Bay has come a long way. A glacier more than a mile high once covered it, and today it's the heart of a bustling watershed that supports both fishing and northwestern Lower Michigan's thriving tourism industry.

Utility crews removed and repaired dangling power lines, while firefighters and chainsaw-wielding homeowners cleared roads and lawns of trees and limbs scattered by a gusty, welcome-to-fall storm that swept through the region.

It's a long way from a 1907 bucket brigade, which saved Suttons Bay from burning a century ago.

Deputies in Leelanau County need your help catching two men responsible for stealing cash from several fruit, flower and wood stands in the Suttons Bay area.

The Leelanau County Sheriff's Department is investigating several incidents of windows being shot out.

"Aaron TwoCrow, 24, of Suttons Bay, allegedly entered a home on the 800 block of Fern Street at about 4:20 a.m. Saturday, police said.

Walkers are stretching and warming up and asking for donations. It's CROP Hunger Walk season.

Martha Russell bought a family membership for the Great Lakes Children's Museum so she could visit there with her sons as often as once a week.

Last week it was reported that Suton's Bay wing, Dwuan Anderson, was headed down to East Lansing for an unofficial visit to MSU.

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