Leland News

Jim Collins, age 44, died unexpectedly and peacefully in his sleep early Sunday, October 25, 2009, at his home in Ann Arbor.

Looking for an alternative to a typical hotel stay? The Whaleback Inn in Leland fits the bill as this month's free getaway from The Press and West Michigan Tourist Association .

The roof over Forest Area High School leaked enough last winter that administrators patched it this summer.

Interested in a family getaway to northern Michigan this summer? Maybe you want to get away with your spouse for a romantic weekend getaway.

Leelanau Sheriff Mike Oltersdorf shouldn't need any help investigating allegations that his deputies illegally entered homes, the American Civil Liberties Union said.

By Ron Simon News Journal columnist By the time you read this I'll be headed down U.S. 27 somewhere north of Clare, Mich., on my way home.

School administrators and legislators in northern Michigan believe a state school aid budget that cuts per-student funding won't narrow the gap between the state's richest and poorest school districts.

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.

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.

Leland school children have been without crossing guards since the first of October due to budget cuts, and officials disagree about who should pay for them.

Leland Vittert, weekend anchor and reporter at Fox 31 during a visit to Jax Fish House, Thursday, September 17, 2009.

Now that there are a dozen or more startups selling acai miracle products with 'exotic' fruit imported from Brazil, it makes sense that its time for a less exotic fruit from the American heartland to become the new snake oil.

Sept. 29, 2009 10:04 p.m. Michelle White is coming to Wisconsin looking for money, and maybe some fruit.

The lack of equity in per-pupil funding has been the great failure of Proposal A, the voter-approved measure that changed the way public schools in Michigan are funded.

I'm told that Jim Harrison built this cabin near Leland, Michigan, and here he did much of his writing before moving to Livingston, Montana , and Patagonia, Arizona .

Area legislators remain confident they'll strike a deal to fund the state's Pure Michigan tourism campaign, despite a looming $2.8 billion gap in next year's budget.

Barbara Riehl, of Starvation Lake, was shopping at the Tom's Food Market in Acme on June 28, when a young man who was bagging approached her with a dozen yellow roses as she was unloading her groceries onto the conveyor belt.

Barbara Riehl, of Starvation Lake, was shopping at the Tom's Food Market in Acme on June 28, when a young man who was bagging approached her with a dozen yellow roses as she was unloading her groceries onto the conveyor belt.

Eight area counties will hold elections today, at least in some townships. Leland Township voters in Leelanau County will decide on two fire and rescue millage requests, as will voters in Manistee County's Dickson Township.

Monday, July 27, 2009 at 1:19 p.m. "Fishtown was born of fishing. Oddly enough it didn't become known as Fishtown until the 1950's but from the time settlers and boats were passing through this area, this area has been known for its fishing." Amanda Holmes of The Fishtown Preservation Society knows just how important fishing has been to this little ...