The Tecumseh Herald

09/19/2025

TECUMSEH — About 10 and a half years after James Perry started publishing The Tecumseh Herald, perhaps the greatest news story any American newspaper of the time would cover started: the Civil War.

Unfortunately, how the Herald reported on the beginning of the war and the first couple of years of conflict are lost to time. Those editions appear to not even be preserved on microfilm.

TECUMSEH — About 10 and a half years after James Perry started publishing The Tecumseh Herald, perhaps the greatest news story any American newspaper of the time would cover started: the Civil War.

09/18/2025

TECUMSEH — New water meters will be coming to Tecumseh homes and businesses over the next several months.

At its meeting Monday, the Tecumseh City Council accepted a bid from Core & Main, a Missouri-based distributor of water, wastewater, storm drainage and fire protection products, to replace the existing water meters. The council voted 7-0 to accept the $2,007,633 base bid plus a $13,420.33 annual fee.

TECUMSEH — New water meters will be coming to Tecumseh homes and businesses over the next several months.

09/18/2025

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Thought-provoking abstracts, outside-the-box methods, and a childhood dream come alive in a dozen acrylics by Tecumseh artist Andy Schiller, now on display at the Tecumseh District Library. The acrylic on canvas artworks combine bold colors, free-form shapes, and organic textures to invite viewers to reflect and use their imagination for interpretation.

“A lot of these paintings are meant to be displayed in any direction,” Schiller said. “There is no up or down. I hang these in my studio or at my house, and every once in a while I’ll turn one the other way or upside down for a different perspective. You might see something inside that no one else can.”

Thought-provoking abstracts, outside-the-box methods, and a childhood dream come alive in a dozen acrylics by Tecumseh artist Andy Schiller, now on display at the Tecumseh District Library.

09/15/2025

Fatal crash kills Tecumseh woman

On Sunday, Sept. 14 at approximately 11:30 a.m., Lenawee County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a single vehicle crash on Occidental Highway near Ridgemont Drive in Raisin Township, a press release from the Sheriff’s Office stated.

According to Sheriff’s Deputies, a 2008 gold Mercury passenger vehicle was traveling southbound on Occidental Highway when it drove through a curve in the roadway south of Gady Road. Once through the curve, the vehicle went off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree. The driver of the vehicle, and 81-year-old female from Tecumseh, was transported to ProMedica Hickman Hospital where she was pronounced deceased. Speed does not appear to be a factor, and the driver was wearing her seatbelt.

The Lenawee County Accident Investigation Team was called to the scene, and the crash is still under further investigation.

The Lenawee County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Raisin Township Police Department and the Raisin Township Fire Department.

09/11/2025

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TECUMSEH — Sept. 11, 2001, started as a typical Tuesday morning at The Tecumseh Herald, as the staff worked on that week’s edition.

Then-editor and publisher Jim L. Lincoln was at his computer laying out pages when Julie Daly, another staff member, received a phone call from her husband, Marc, telling her that a plane had just hit the World Trade Center in New York City.

TECUMSEH — Sept. 11, 2001, started as a typical Tuesday morning at The Tecumseh Herald, as the staff worked on that week’s edition.

09/11/2025

The grief of losing a loved one is a pain with no remedy, but sometimes remembering all the beloved aspects of that person is a way toward healing. To honor the lives of those who have passed on, the Adrian Center for the Arts has teamed up with Hospice of Lenawee to offer the Power of Passage exhibit starting Friday, Sept. 12 at 5 p.m.
Last October 23 artist members of the ACA met with families in the Hospice of Lenawee Bereavement Program to learn about their loved one, with the goal to create art from a full-size panel door, a threshold and a symbol of passage, to honor that person. Those finished doors will make up Power of Passage and will be displayed behind the ACA Gallery at 1375 N. Main St., Adrian, on the PlaneWave Instruments campus.

The grief of losing a loved one is a pain with no remedy, but sometimes remembering all the beloved aspects of that person is a way toward healing.

09/11/2025

TECUMSEH — Brett Coker is officially Tecumseh’s new city manager.
At its meeting Sept. 2, the Tecumseh City Council approved a contract with Coker to succeed Dan Swallow as the city’s top administrator. The council decided at its Aug. 18 meeting to promote Coker rather than conduct a search. Coker has served as the city’s assistant city manager for about three years. He has been the police chief since 2019.

TECUMSEH — Brett Coker is officially Tecumseh’s new city manager.

09/06/2025

Lyla Galea, an 8th grader at Tecumseh Middle School, joined Big L & Code Blu at Tecumseh Tavern’s Yooper Day Celebration Saturday night.

09/05/2025

TECUMSEH — After 10 years as Tecumseh’s city manager, Dan Swallow is moving on to take the same position in Saline.

In an exit interview with The Tecumseh Herald, Swallow said he’s proud of the city’s accomplishments during the past decade. Among those are:

TECUMSEH — After 10 years as Tecumseh’s city manager, Dan Swallow is moving on to take the same position in Saline.

09/04/2025

There’s a little bit of everything to keep people interested during a visit to Tecumseh’s Douglas W. Bird Kiwanis Memorial Park.

Take for example, the park’s proximity to the Tecumseh Center for the Arts. Also, situated between the TCA and Bird Park is the TCA Music Park — a path filled with sculptures designed to be played as musical instruments.

There’s a little bit of everything to keep people interested during a visit to Tecumseh’s Douglas W. Bird Kiwanis Memorial Park.

09/04/2025

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The Tecumseh Herald will celebrate 175 years in October.

TECUMSEH — When The Tecumseh Herald’s first edition rolled off the presses 175 years ago, the front-page news was about the upcoming election.

However, only a small portion of the front page was dedicated to listing the candidates for Lenawee County offices, which included Charles M. Croswell, who was running as a Whig for register of deeds. Croswell turned 25 on the date of that first edition — Oct. 31, 1850. He went on to serve as Adrian’s mayor, in the state Senate and House of Representatives and was elected governor in 1876.

The Tecumseh Herald will celebrate 175 years in October. TECUMSEH — When The Tecumseh Herald’s first edition rolled off the presses 175 years ago, the front-page news was about the upcoming election.

08/29/2025

Phil Driscoll of Clinton reached out to The Tecumseh Herald/The Clinton Local after reading the August 21 story in The Local about a 1913 printing press that had connections to the Clinton newspaper. Driscoll worked at The Local in the 1970s and had knowledge of printing operations, but what we found in his garage was beyond imagination. Here he is operating his Mergenthaler Linotype machine that was made in the first half of the 20th century. Read the story in the September 4 issue of The Clinton Local.