Police say they responded to the Sugarloaf Summit Apartments in Duluth about a theft on Sept. 9. When they arrived, the victim told officers that their 5-year-old Shihpoo had been stolen.

Sugarloaf is quirky, rugged, and fiercely independent, even though it has been owned by Boyne Resorts since 2007. It’s also enormous by Eastern standards, one of the largest resorts in the ...