Lawyer gets jail for embezzlement



Kim Kirchoff, whose law license has been suspended, has been sentenced to jail for embezzling from a client. Last week Circuit Court Judge David Herrington disregarded the probation department’s recommendation and sentenced the 49-year old Applegate resident to 180 days in jail, with credit for one day served. Herrington was assigned to the case after the Judge Donald Teeple of […]

Marlette picks new city manager

Contract still must be negotiated

MARLETTE — The city council has selected its top candidate for city manager, and he could be on the job in January. Corey Schmidt, assistant city manager and finance director for Loveland, Ohio for the past three years, won council’s nod of approval following interviews with three candidates on Nov. 3. In addition to Schmidt, council interviewed Travis Youatt, general […]

Bridging generations



Peck School superintendent taking other job



Peck School Superintendent Ryle Kiser will leave at the end of the year to take a job as superintendent of Grass Lake Community Schools near Jackson. The Peck School Board was to accept Kiser’s resignation on Tuesday. A replacement for Kiser – who served as K-12 principal at Peck as well as superintendent – was not scheduled to be announced […]

Moore Township: Back to the drawing board

Voters reject wind ordinance

Moore Township residents rejected their wind energy-zoning ordinance last week. There were 246 no and 181 yes votes with a turnout of 57.24% of registered voters. Citizens unfamiliar with voting procedures questioned the presence of poll observers and supporters of the ordinance. County Clerk Denise McGuire said her office spent election day fielding calls from voters who wanted to know […]

Giving to Project Blessing



Croswell-Lexington Project Blessing is the recipient of a $7,300 donation from the 2015 Women Who Care event, which was held Oct. 1 in the Lexington Village Theatre. Local charities were invited to make presentations and the 73 attendees – who donated $100 each – voted on the group of their choice. From left: Nona Walker, chair of the Sanilac Women […]

Croswell man dies in rollover



WORTH TWP. — A 77-year old Croswell man died in a rollover accident in Worth Township Nov. 5. The Sanilac County Sheriff’s Office investigated the crash after Central Dispatch received a call about an accident on Wildcat Road near Sheridan Line Road about 11:20 p.m. Callers reported that a vehicle had gone through a field and hit a tree. According […]

Ties that bind

Stonegate residents tie blankets for children

More than 140 hands have made Kate Meyers’ dream come true. Meyers, the life enrichment director at Stonegate Village Assisted Living in Sandusky, has wanted to do something for the patients at Mott’s Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor since one of her own children was tested there three years ago. In January, when she was named enrichment director, she got […]

Motorcyclist tries to avoid deer, crashes



SPEAKER TWP. — A 43-year-old Melvin man was flight-cared from a local hospital following an accident on Galbraith Line Road near Arendt Road on Wed., Nov. 4. Kevin Boller was riding a 2001 Kawasaki motorcycle west on Galbraith at around 6:37 a.m., when it appears he attempted to avoid a deer, according to Sanilac County Sheriff’s Sgt. Shelly Park. Boller […]

Miss Sanilac, Teen advance to state pageant



Two young women will be representing Sanilac County at the Miss Michigan and Miss Outstanding Teen competitions in June. Mollie Smith of Highlands won the Miss Sanilac County and Elizabeth Wirth of Temperance won the Miss Outstanding Teen at the local competitions Saturday night at Maple Valley School in Sandusky. Smith’s talent was singing and Wirth performed a tap dance. […]