Empire News

The Glen Lake Woman's Club Art Fair is one of the biggest events of the summer. The sounds of summer, music from Boonedocks deck, car alarms, horse-drawn wagons, cars speeding on M-22 and 109, but most of all, ...

The National Park Service has added a cougar mount to the exhibits at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore's Visitor Center in Empire.

The Glen Lake Community Library in Empire will host an open house in honor of longtime staff member Linnea Swanson on Wednesday, July 23 from 3 to 5 p.m. Refreshments will be served.

Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 5:22 a.m. The water is safe to drink again for people living in one Leelanau County village Empire has been under a water boil advisory since last Friday.

What a perfect weekend: The weather couldn't have been better and our visitors couldn't have had a better time over the Fourth.

The Empire Township Board will consider adopting a new township "junk" ordinance after receiving complaints about a longstanding concern off Plowman Road.

Monday, July 14, 2008 at 5:20 a.m. E-coli bacteria have been found in a village water supply system in Leelanau County.

While most visitors to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore are relaxing on the beaches and dunes, they are unaware of the vast array of scientific research efforts going on at the same time.

Issue involves S. Gilbert Rd. in Empire Twp. Don and Rebecca Lessard were somewhat concerned when county Road Commission workers three weeks ago installed a seasonal road sign on the unimproved section of S. ...

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the popular children's book The Legend of Sleeping Bear , A illustrator Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen will be making several stops in Leelanau County for signings and a ...

Planners endorse application, set list of 12 conditions. The company that produces the Empire Dunegrass and Blues Music Festival is one step closer to gaining permission to hold the event following Tuesday ...

The Empire Village Council addressed two issues Tuesday night concerning streets and the water system in the New Neighborhood development.

Lee Leonard, a former World War II bomber pilot, will be the guest speaker at the Wednesday, July 2 meeting of the Glen Arbor Woman's Club.

On some beaches, a few extra bags of trash would hardly be noticed. Not so on Leelanau County beaches within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, where debris deposited into Lake Michigan from floods in ...

Repairing the watermain and improving the paved surface and storm water drainage on LaRue, a 270-foot long street in Empire, will cost an estimated $66,000. At its meeting Tuesday night, the Empire Village ...

The number of building permits issued by the Leelanau County Construction Code Authority and the estimated value of construction projects in the county is continuing to decline compared to previous years.

I hope all the fathers out there had a tremendous day on Sunday. We sure deserve it and I know I had a good time, if anyone cares.

Empire United Methodist Church will host a Vacation Bible School June 23-27. Beach Party: Surfin' thru the Scriptures is for children ages 4-12. The school will be held from 9 a.m. to noon each day with ...

Is there a need to dredge the boat channel underneath the M-22 bridge at the Glen Lake Narrows? Township supervisors say the answer may well be yes, but even if they're correct the dredging isn't expected to be ...

Where is everybody? Come on up, we're ready. The Glen Arbor Women's Club held its Spring Fashion Show and Dinner at Leland Lodge.