Leelanau County

Why a Leelanau County township's cease-and-desist notice had little effect on the use of sewage as farm fertilizer. We'll also hear about the competitive race to get kids registered for a summer camp in Traverse City, and what it says about child care in northern Michigan. And we talk with author Howard Lovy about his debut novel — partly set at Interlochen in the mid-1980s.

An attorney with the township said if it were to bring a lawsuit, it would likely fail.

Each Monday on Morning Edition, an IPR journalist brings you up to speed on what’s going on in northern Michigan, and what IPR is working on this week.

Republican Will Bunek’s razor-thin margin is also the linchpin in a Republican majority on the Board of Commissioners.

The Leelanau County Clerk said some early in-person votes weren't uploaded to the website, which affected the results on the county dashboard.

Preserving the park's history goes beyond old farmhouses and barns — it means preserving old apple varieties, too.

All eyes are on the race to determine who will go to Lansing to represent the Traverse City area, along Leelanau County and part of Benzie County.

This week: A new radio station in Elberta aims to connect neighbors, an artist paints the changing cherry landscape, and the Antrim Co. clerk tries a write-in campaign.

With some help from IPR's Izzy Ross and the Leelanau Enterprise's Zack Marano, we unpack what happened in Leelanau County over solar panels this election season.

In this week's election notebook, we cover the many open seats on Leelanau's county commission, and take a look back at Antrim County's election controversy.