The speed limit posted on the road for that turn is 15 mph.

A Macomb County doctor is facing charges connected to a deadly crash in Michigan last year.

A Glen Lake Community Schools teacher has been fired for allegedly taking inappropriate photos of students.

An annual festival hosted by the Suttons Bay Chamber of Commerce is all set for this weekend.

A “large number” of shorebirds were found dead at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore last weekend.

Dozens of previously forgotten graves were discovered at a Glen Arbor Township cemetery.

A Lake Leelanau woman has died after she was struck by a car while walking her dog on Thursday in Leelanau County.

Around 30 electric vehicle charging stations are going to be installed at some state parks in Michigan.

A 63-year-old man has drowned after being thrown overboard from a boat in a northern Michigan lake.

View of a section of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore park and fog-obscured Lake Michigan beyond, Michigan, November 2013. (Photo by Interim Archives/Getty Images)LEELANAU COUNTY, Mich. – Human remains, which are believed to date back to prehistoric times, were found in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The remains were returned to the National Lakeshore in February 2019 and then sent to Western Michigan University. Sleeping Bear Dunes officials are responsible for notifying The Tribes that a notice has been published. Public Notice published in the Leelanau EnterpriseTo claim ownership, contact: Scott Tucker, Superintendent, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 9922 Front Street, Empire, MI 49630, telephone (231) 326-4702, before January 24, 2021.

SUTTONS BAY, Mich. – A northern Michigan county official was heard using a racial slur prior to a public meeting to describe African Americans in Detroit whom he blamed for spreading the coronavirus in the state. Road Commission Chair Bob Joyce told Eckerle that he couldn’t say that, to which Eckerle responded: “I can say anything I want. Black Lives Matter has everything to do with taking the country away from us.”Joyce later rebuked Eckerle a second time. “There’s just no room for that kind of language here,” Joyce told the Leelanau newspaper. "This type of racial slur is flat-out unacceptable and ignorant.

Botulism has been linked to more than 80,000 bird deaths around the Great Lakes since 1999. Photo: Courtesy of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. EMPIRE, Mich. - More than two dozen common loons have been found dead at a beach in northern Michigan. Good Harbor Bay beach is at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Leelanau County. Botulism has been linked to more than 80,000 bird deaths around the Great Lakes since 1999.

Michigan DNR Conservation Officers Steve Converse and Joseph Myers found and transported a shot eagle to Wings of Wonder, a raptor education, rehabilitation and research facility in Leelanau County. Staff there evaluated the eagle, determinedA 2-year-old female eagle was shot by waterfowl hunters Saturday in Northern Michigan. The two guides said that they saw the eagle flying, heard a gunshot and then saw the eagle fall from the sky. The guides reported seeing the two men who shot the eagle, about 100 yards away, picking up decoys from the ground. One of the sheriff's deputies provided a dog crate to transport the eagle to Wings of Wonder.

Where do Michigan counties rank among the healthiest in America? U.S. News released their 2019 Healthiest Communities Rankings this week, ranking nearly 3,000 counties on a range of categories. Population healthEquityEducationEconomyHousingFood & nutritionEnvironmentPublic safetyCommunity vtalityInfrasturctureRelated: 6 Michigan cities listed among worst places to live in USWell, no Michigan county ranked that well on the list. Here's where local counties ranked in the top 500:No. 495: Benzie CountyThe healthiest ranked counties were Douglas County (Colorado), Los Alamos County (New Mexico) and Falls Church (Virginia).