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Leelanau County Administrator Placed On Leave Pending Internal Investigation

By Craig Manning | June 9, 2026

The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to place County Administrator Jim Dyer on paid administrative leave at their executive board session on Tuesday morning, “pending an internal investigation” over an undisclosed issue. Lauren Cypher, Dyer’s executive assistant, has been appointed interim county administrator.

Dyer was not present at Tuesday’s executive board meeting. Cypher attended in his stead. Dyer’s absence went unremarked upon as the meeting began, though Board Chair Steve Yoder almost immediately asked for a motion “to suspend board rules” and add a new item to the beginning of the agenda. 

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