Mark shared this delicious looking basket yesterday.
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The Natural Resources Commission is implementing a one-buck limit for deer hunters in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula
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The annual Empire Asparagus Festival returns in less than a month on Saturday, June 6, 2026.
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The 2026 edition of the Leelanau County student journal Exposures has been released!
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The inaugural Fresh Coast Film Festival: Traverse City runs April 30–May 3 at seven venues throughout Traverse City and prominently features Leelanau faces & places.
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The first quarter of 2026 has produced a significant surge in large fireball events, and the American Meteor Society says that the data shows a pattern that warrants serious investigation.
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Painted turtles bask in large groups on logs, fallen trees, and other objects.
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The Betsie Current has a timely & engaging story from Claire Keenan-Kurgan on a dramatic cut to the minimum wage for workers on H-2A visas & fears it could upend local farms & farmers.
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May 19th means asparagus in Leelanau!
Michigan approves one buck limit in 2027 for Lower Peninsula hunters
Leelanau Cherry Blossom Report
Nello Valentine’s Leelanau Tree Planters
The tiny kestrel is patrolling Leelanau’s cherry orchards!
2026 Empire Asparagus Festival: A day of Peace, Music & Food
Exposures 2026 is on the newstands!
2026 Leelanau Cherry Blossom Update
Leelanau films part of Fresh Coast Film Festival: Traverse City
2026 is bringing us a lot more fireballs but we don’t know why!
First Turtle of the Year!
Cut to Federal H-2A minimum wage could have serious impacts on local agriculture