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Rep. Tim Walberg wins re-election
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Rep. Tim Walberg wins re-election

Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., defeated Democrat Gretchen Driskell in Michigan’s 7th Congressional district on Nov. 8, winning his fifth term in office. At print, with 96 percent of precincts reporting, Walberg has earned 177,366 votes, against Driskell’s 127,755 and Independent Ken Proctor’s 15,910. “I really think what the voters were saying tonight is, we were...

State Rep. Eric Leutheuser wins re-election to second term
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State Rep. Eric Leutheuser wins re-election to second term

Republican incumbent Eric Leutheuser will represent District 58 in the Michigan House of Representatives for a second time after defeating Democratic candidate Mary Hamaty in the election on Tuesday, Nov. 8. “It was a quiet campaign. I ran on my record and what I hope to do,” Leutheuser said. “It’s a very Republican district. I’m...

Tim Parker wins sheriff race
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Tim Parker wins sheriff race

Despite revelations that he violated the Hatch Act during the primary election, Lt. Tim Parker defeated write-in candidate Tammy Dow in the Hillsdale County sheriff election on Tuesday night. Parker took an overwhelming majority early on in the night, and ended the night with 14,940 votes against Tammy Dow’s 1,153. According to an Oct. 6...

No credit card skimmers found in Hillsdale County, three found in Coldwater
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No credit card skimmers found in Hillsdale County, three found in Coldwater

  Although law enforcement has found nearly 70 credit card skimmers—small devices that capture credit and debit card information—at gas station pumps across the state of Michigan, none were in Hillsdale County. Gas stations in Coldwater were the closest locations at which law enforcement found skimmers in a recent Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural...

Jackson College student wins competitions for study on nut allergies in meat
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Jackson College student wins competitions for study on nut allergies in meat

  A local Jackson College student has competed her way up the pecking order with an unusual subject matter — chickens. Competing as part of the Future Farmers of America, Haley Lemle, 18, has won or placed in a variety of science competitions, most recently placing fourth in the national FFA competition. Her project studied...