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Railroad work in Schoolcraft to take place July 15-29

MDOT advises detour routes By Robert TomlinsonNews Director SCHOOLCRAFT — U.S. 131 will be shut down at the railroad tracks in Schoolcraft for the next two weeks for major railroad crossing work. The Michigan Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that from beginning Monday, July 15, both northbound and southbound U.S. 131 will be shut down Read More…

Albion Recorder & Morning Star News

Gov. Whitmer Lowers Flags to Honor Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Deputy William Butler Jr.

Law enforcement officers from all over the state attended funeral services for Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Deputy William “Bill” Butler on July 3 at the Hillsdale College Chapel. A police-escorted procession to the Lakeview Cemetery took place after the service. Governor Gretchen Whitmer order flags to be lowered throughout the state in honor of Butler who Read More…

Albion Recorder & Morning Star News

Albion’s City Council had a light agenda for Monday’s meeting.

Items of note include the approval of a Department of Public Works request for two additional pickup trucks to be added to the Enterprise fleet vehicle lease, and the approval of resolution 2024-22, awarding the MSHDA CDBG Improving Local Livability (CHILL) Grant Administrator to the Albion Economic Development Corporation. Through the MSHDA’s CHILL program the Read More…

Albion Recorder & Morning Star News

Albion’s City Council had a light agenda for Monday’s meeting.

Items of note include the approval of a Department of Public Works request for two additional pickup trucks to be added to the Enterprise fleet vehicle lease, and the approval of resolution 2024-22, awarding the MSHDA CDBG Improving Local Livability (CHILL) Grant Administrator to the Albion Economic Development Corporation. Through the MSHDA’s CHILL program the Read More…

Albion Recorder & Morning Star Columns

Looking Out

“Admit it. You’re a pruning freak,” says my beloved wife Marsha with a pretty smile.             “I do enjoy trimming things,” I say. “But I’m not abnormal about it.”             “Wait a minute,” she says. “I appreciate that you give our landscaping good haircuts, but…”             “But what?” I say. “The weigela, the boxwood, the Read More…