The Tecumseh Herald

07/31/2025

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Robert B. “Bob” Elliott, a local historian, community volunteer and member of the Tecumseh Area Historical Society, has been named the Musgrove Evans Award recipient for 2025, according to an announcement by TEAM (Tecumseh Events, Activities & Marketing). Elliott has been a Tecumseh resident for 40 years, is heavily involved in the Tecumseh Historical Museum and has celebrated the history of Tecumseh in many other ways.

He has shared his knowledge with many in Tecumseh through his tours of Brookside Cemetery and as a board member of the historical society. In 2023 he published a book, “Tecumseh’s Hometown Heroes,” highlighting the heroism of local military members from the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War, which tells the stories of 35 such men. To date, 400 copies of the book have been sold.

Robert B. “Bob” Elliott, a local historian, community volunteer and member of the Tecumseh Area Historical Society, has been named the Musgrove Evans Award recipient for 2025, according to an announcement by TEAM (Tecumseh Events, Activities & Marketing).

07/25/2025

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What do tents, pickup campers, travel trailers, recreational vehicles, sleeping bags, campfire wood, marshmallows, camp chairs, cookstoves, hiking boots, lanterns, flashlights, tin foil, bug spray, and sunscreen add up to? Camping!

A camping app called The Dyrt reports that more that 81 million people in the U.S. went camping in 2024, including 5.8 million first-time campers. Why do millions of people leave home in the summertime to sleep in the woods or other outdoor locations? The appeal of nature, fresh air, and a respite from everyday life beckons to campers of all types, whether they “rough it” or have all the amenities of home.

What do tents, pickup campers, travel trailers, recreational vehicles, sleeping bags, campfire wood, marshmallows, camp chairs, cookstoves, hiking boots, lanterns, flashlights, tin foil, bug spray, and sunscreen add up to? Camping!

07/24/2025

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RAISIN TWP. — Cemeteries offer a look into the history of a community.

In Raisin Township, an advisory committee is working to make its cemeteries and the stories they tell more accessible. That means working to make the cemeteries contemplative places to visit, organize the records and put them online, post signs about the cleanup dates and create a page to highlight the cemeteries and the township’s history.

The township manages four cemeteries: Raisin/Holloway Presbyterian Cemetery on Sutton Road east of Rogers Highway, McLain Cemetery on Rogers Highway between Centennial and Pocklington Road, Raisin Center Friends Cemetery on Chase Road between Wilmoth and Raisin Center highways, and Chandler Cemetery off Breckel Highway.

RAISIN TWP. — Cemeteries offer a look into the history of a community.

07/24/2025

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Over the next month or so, Consumers Energy will be replacing about a half-mile of a 70-year-old natural gas line along North Maumee Street in Tecumseh.
The work between East Shawnee Street and Herrick Park Drive started during the week of July 7 and is expected to be finished by Aug. 18, Consumers media relations specialist Brian Wheeler said.

Over the next month or so, Consumers Energy will be replacing about a half-mile of a 70-year-old natural gas line along North Maumee Street in Tecumseh.

07/22/2025

Multiple local fire departments responded to a fire at 2795 Coach Lite Drive in Raisin Township, just outside Tecumseh city limits, shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 22. More details in this week’s Tecumseh Herald. Photos by Jackie Koch.

07/19/2025

The Wasabi Pearls perform Friday during the block party at Sun & Sand in Tecumseh.

07/19/2025

People Around Lenawee: a new Meadowbrook Media feature.

Haley Jula - Tipton

“My name is Haley, and I grew up in Michigan, in Dundee. I'm married now with children, and we live in Lenawee County in the Irish Hills area. We love to go to the lakes. We love Tecumseh, we work down there and we have family that live in the area. I'm an artist - I teach art, I make art, and I sell art. I home school my kids and we love the outdoors. My philosophy- how could I sum it up? We're Christian people, so we like to just stay joyful-focused. We have scriptures we focus on and I try to teach myself and my kids to always be grateful. We're so blessed, God has blessed us so much. And there's so much to look forward to - life just gets better and better.”

07/18/2025

Ryan Roth of Ice Creations of Napoleon, Ohio works on a sculpture of a stack of books in front of J-Bar Hobbies as part of Tecumseh’s Sun & Sand Festival this weekend. Photos by Jackie Koch.

07/18/2025

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Ordinarily by this time in July, Tecumseh Center for the Arts Executive Director Amy Slupe has submitted her annual grant application to the Michigan Arts and Culture Council.

That hasn’t happened this year. On the MACC’s grants web page, it says the Mission Support and Experience Support grant programs are currently closed.

Ordinarily by this time in July, Tecumseh Center for the Arts Executive Director Amy Slupe has submitted her annual grant application to the Michigan Arts and Culture Council.

07/18/2025

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Even though he’s lived and worked in Florida for more than 40 years, Terry Akens always has a place in his heart for Tecumseh — his hometown.
“My heart, man, heart and soul are right here (in Tecumseh),” he said last week while visiting.
And even though he relocated south for work in the commercial sign industry, Akens makes it part of his yearly routine to come back home to Tecumseh a handful of times. His visit last week was coupled with a gift for a newly-opened local restaurant.

Even though he’s lived and worked in Florida for more than 40 years, Terry Akens always has a place in his heart for Tecumseh — his hometown. “My heart, man, heart and soul are right here (in Tecumseh),” he said last week while visiting.

07/17/2025

ADRIAN — Two grandstand concerts, a drone show, artisan demonstrations and upgraded facilities are some of the new features visitors to the 2025 Lenawee County Fair can see this month.

“This year’s fair is packed with firsts — free live glassblowing and blacksmith demonstrations, free gypsy horse exhibitions, a drone show, two concerts in the grandstand, and exciting new food vendors with our favorite returning ones as well! It’s the best lineup yet, and I can’t wait!” fair board treasurer Sarah Taylor said in a news release.

The fair runs July 20-26 at the Lenawee County Fair & Event Grounds, 602 N. Dean St. in Adrian.

ADRIAN — Two grandstand concerts, a drone show, artisan demonstrations and upgraded facilities are some of the new features visitors to the 2025 Lenawee County Fair can see this month.

07/16/2025

Sand was delivered to various locations in downtown Tecumseh today in preparation for the sculptures for Sun and Sand in Tecumseh, set to take place Friday and Saturday, July 18 and 19.