Probate court celebrates National Adoption Month
ADRIAN — Wednesday afternoon was a little different in Lenawee County Probate Court. There were cupcakes and coffee, plenty of smiles and families became whole.Four children were adopted into three...
View ArticleMichigan lawsuit challenges Medicaid work requirements
LANSING — Four enrollees in Michigan's Medicaid expansion program filed a lawsuit Friday challenging work requirements that are set to take effect in January, arguing that the Trump administration...
View ArticleAppeals Court upholds prison for man who robbed Onsted student
LANSING — The Michigan appeals court has affirmed a nearly 20-year prison sentence for a former Western Michigan University basketball player who was involved in a robbery of an Onsted man that turned...
View ArticleRoad rage defendant gets reprieve from appeals court
ADRIAN — A Raisin Township man will get a new sentence after a Michigan Court of Appeals panel threw out two convictions from a 2017 road rage case.The three-judge panel found there was insufficient...
View ArticleMichigan victims wrongly accused of fraud win again in court
LANSING — Residents who were falsely accused of defrauding Michigan's unemployment benefits system won another victory Thursday when the state appeals court ruled 3-0 that their lawsuit seeking...
View ArticleAnzalone, Schaedler to be chief judges
ADRIAN — Lenawee County circuit and probate courts will continue to have the same chief judge for the next two years, while district court will have a new chief judge.Circuit Judge Anna Marie Anzalone...
View ArticleMan who committed crime to return to prison gets his wish
ESCANABA — A 59-year-old Michigan man who told his lawyer that he wanted to rob an Upper Peninsula business so he could return to prison could be locked up for the rest of his life.Mark Wilson, of...
View ArticleMichigan Supreme Court declines opinion on wage, sick laws
LANSING — A divided Michigan Supreme Court declined Wednesday to rule early on the constitutionality of Republicans' lame-duck maneuver to weaken voter-proposed minimum wage and paid sick leave laws,...
View ArticleACLU counter-sues Lenawee County Health Department regarding Amish lawsuits
Case involves Lenawee County declaring dwellings unfit for habitation due to water, wastewater issues
View ArticleMan pleads guilty in GNC robbery
ADRIAN — An Adrian man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a March robbery of the GNC store inside the Adrian Mall.Corbin Timothy Butler, 21, pleaded guilty to robbery unarmed plus two other charges, part of a...
View ArticleAdrian City Commission files for declaratory relief
ADRIAN — The first court documents have been filed in Lenawee County Circuit Court by the Adrian City Commission as it pursues a way to fill a commissioner vacancy.City attorney Tamaris Henagan filed a...
View ArticleLenawee County Health Department seeks compromise over Amish homes
MEDINA TWP. — The Lenawee County Health Department says it has been unable to reach middle ground with a number of Amish families whose homes it has deemed unfit for habitation, but still seeks a...
View Article2 of 3 sex abuse verdicts vacated
Michigan Court of Appeals panel finds errors by defense attorney
View ArticleClayton Village Council meeting attendees support Santa
Man in final year on sex offender registry portrayed Santa Claus in village Christmas celebration
View ArticleMichigan Supreme Court gives green light to phones in courts
PONTIAC — The public can bring laptops, tablets and phones into Michigan courthouses under a groundbreaking policy announced Wednesday by the state Supreme Court.The new rule covers the use of...
View ArticleLawsuit OK'd; prison tutor says he suspected GED cheating
JACKSON — A Michigan prison inmate says he was transferred and lost his job as a tutor after complaining that teachers were supplying answers to a high school equivalency test.U.S. District Judge Mark...
View ArticleWoman charged in October fatal crash
ADRIAN — An Adrian woman has been charged with driving on a suspended license when she caused a crash that killed a Sand Creek man in October.Sonia Blanco, 31, was arraigned Thursday in Lenawee County...
View ArticleAdrian man charged after police pursuit
ADRIAN — A 23-year-old Adrian man is facing a felony fleeing-police charge from a pursuit on Dec. 31 that ended with a crash at the intersection of M-52 and Valley Road.Jared Michael Pelphrey has a...
View ArticleMan convicted of armed robbery faces prison term
ADRIAN — A man convicted of robbing two people at gunpoint in Adrian faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced next month.A Lenawee County Circuit Court jury convicted Herbert Lee Sanders, 50, of...
View ArticleOlsaver: More time needed in city charter case
ADRIAN — No ruling was made Wednesday in the Adrian City Commission's case for relief from the city charter as it seeks a way to fill a commission seat.Attorneys representing the city of Adrian and the...
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