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Lenawee County sheriff’s deputies lead Matt Allen Koester of Palmyra out of Lenawee County Circuit Court past members of crash victim Jaiden Taylor’s family after Koester was sentenced to a year in jail on four counts of attempted reckless driving causing death for causing a crash that killed Taylor and three other K&B Asphalt Sealcoating employees on Sept. 4, 2023. Photo by David Panian.

Wed, 09/02/2026 - 2:59pm

Driver sentenced to jail for crash that killed four

ADRIAN — Anger, forgiveness and, most of all, grief were expressed Aug.

Attorney William Amadeo, left, covers his mouth while talking to his client, John Russell Skelton, Aug. 26 in Lenawee County District Court during Skelton’s preliminary examination. Skelton is charged with open murder and evidence tampering in the deaths and disappearance of his three young sons in 2010. Photo by David Panian.

Wed, 09/02/2026 - 2:54pm

Relatives, pastor, police testify in Skelton murder hearing

ADRIAN — Witnesses described interactions they had with John Russell Skelton around the time his three young sons disappeared at Thanksgiving 2010 as a preliminary examination began last week in Le

Marvel Entertainment illustrator Jerry DeCaire led a three-hour illustration workshop Aug. 29 at the Tecumseh District Library. Before taking participants on a handful of guided drawing lessons, DeCaire shared about some of the Marvel comic book characters he’s drawn over the years. Photo by Brad Heineman.

Wed, 09/02/2026 - 2:50pm

‘Draw lightly’: Marvel illustrator teaches ‘foundations of art’ at TDL

TECUMSEH — Those who attended a step-by-step, illustrative workshop this past weekend at the Tecumseh District Library learned a lot more than just how to draw comic book characters such as Thor an

Wed, 09/02/2026 - 2:44pm

2 injured in crash west of Tecumseh

FRANKLIN TWP. — Two drivers were injured, one critically, Monday when a pickup sideswiped a tractor-trailer and collided head on with a SUV on M-50 west of Tecumseh.

Carley Kratz, the new education program coordinator at Hidden Lake Gardens, is back where her love of nature began as a child. Photo by Jackie Koch.

Wed, 09/02/2026 - 2:35pm

New education program coordinator at Hidden Lake Gardens comes full circle

Carley Kratz ended up right where she began when she took the position of education program coordinator at Hidden Lake Gardens (HLG) in Tipton three months ago.

Jeff Daniels, co-founder of JDs Stage Bistro in Chelsea, cuts the ceremonial ribbon Aug. 26 to open the new entertainment venue. Photo by Ann Grahl

Wed, 09/02/2026 - 2:30pm

JDs Stage Bistro opens in Chelsea

CHELSEA — When Jeff Daniels cut the ribbon and welcomed the public through the doors of JDs Stage Bistro in Chelsea on Aug.

Schmidt and Sons Pharmacy has closed three locations in Lenawee and Monroe counties due to increasing costs. Sam, left, and Harvey Schmidt, center, are advocating for regulation on pharmacy benefit managers that control prescription drug prices. They are pictured with Chris Munden, owner of pharmacies in Mason and Marshall, at a roundtable discussion Aug. 28 with area legislators. Photo by Ameera Salman

Wed, 09/02/2026 - 2:24pm

Tecumseh pharmacists meet with legislators over business concerns

JACKSON — Since 2024, 272 pharmacies in Michigan closed, including 91 that were independently owned.

Rev. Donna Galloway cries as she recounts Monday in Lenawee County District Court how John Russell Skelton told her on Nov. 27, 2010, that his sons were home, a possible allusion to Galloway’s sermons in which she would describe heaven as home. The preliminary examination of the murder and evidence-tampering charges against him began Monday. Skelton, 54, of Morenci is accused of killing his sons and hiding their bodies in November 2010. Photo by David Panian.

Wed, 08/26/2026 - 3:57pm

Testimony opens in John Skelton murder hearing

ADRIAN — John Russell Skelton’s apparent reference to a theme in his pastor’s sermons may have been the first inkling of what is alleged to have happened to his three boys at Thanksgiving in 2010.<

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Relatives, pastor, police testify in Skelton murder hearing

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Driver sentenced to jail for crash that killed four

Relatives, pastor, police testify in Skelton murder hearing

‘Draw lightly’: Marvel illustrator teaches ‘foundations of art’ at TDL

2 injured in crash west of Tecumseh

New education program coordinator at Hidden Lake Gardens comes full circle

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