Suttons Bay News

Residents of this picturesque Lake Michigan community are known to quip, "The view of the bay is half your pay." It's a sardonic commentary on the local wage scale, but also a tribute to the stunning scenery and small-town quality of life that have lured many a newcomer from the big city - and make the area one of the Midwest's top tourist draws.

He said other districts around the state try to get at-risk students to drop out before they bring down graduations statistics before ninth grade or send them to alternative schools for the same reason.

The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, SEEDS After School, and the Suttons Bay community and Public Schools came together to honor this year's high school graduates and those who serve - including Coast Guard Commander Joe Buzella.

After her iPhone 5 was stolen, a 21-year-old Michigan State University student, using an Apple phone-location application, turned detective and tracked it down to a house on Jacobson Road in Suttons Bay Township.

Business leaders are criticizing a decision by the Leelanau County commission to abolish its economic development corporation and reject a partnership with nearby Grand Traverse County designed to promote growth.

She was born January 13, 1940 in Pinckney, MI to the late Willard and Agnes Wiltse.