The Tecumseh Herald

11/07/2025

New Meadowbrook Media subscriber Kerwin Leader of Blissfield was the winner in the drawing for a $500 gas gift card. Thanks for reading, Kerwin!

11/07/2025

TECUMSEH — A proposed 37-house rental development along Red Mill Pond can be built following a pair of votes Monday by the Tecumseh City Council.

Property owner Al Roberts and developer Allen Edwin Homes of Portage proposed the concept based on similar communities Allen Edwin and its affiliated property management firm, Copper Bay Homes, have elsewhere in Michigan and in Indiana.

TECUMSEH — A proposed 37-house rental development along Red Mill Pond can be built following a pair of votes Monday by the Tecumseh City Council.

11/07/2025

TECUMSEH — Last week saw the end of an era in Tecumseh and Lenawee County — the end of the last full-service gas station.
Jack and Jeff Baker worked their last shifts at the Perky Pantry store on East Chicago Boulevard, where they worked for more than 10 years after closing their Baker Bros. service station in downtown Tecumseh. After Lenawee Fuels bought their station in 2015, the Bakers continued working for Ken Heers’ company, which added full service at pumps 3 and 4 at Perky Pantry East, where the Bakers would pump gas for customers who could stay in their vehicles and not have to get out into the weather or bother with handling gasoline. Many of their customers followed them when they moved down the street to the Perky Pantry store.

TECUMSEH — Last week saw the end of an era in Tecumseh and Lenawee County — the end of the last full-service gas station.

11/06/2025

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Area food banks are seeing the strain that higher costs at the grocery store as well as job losses and other troubles have had on residents who are just trying to feed themselves and their families. “All of the food banks have been tripled as far as the number of people coming, and our budgets have not tripled,” said Linda Roslin, vice president of the Tecumseh Fresh Food Initiative. “I have faith in this community that people would give if they knew what direction to give.”

By JACKIE [email protected] Area food banks are seeing the strain that higher costs at the grocery store as well as job losses and other troubles have had on residents who are just trying to feed themselves and their families. “All of the food banks have been tripled as far as the numb...

11/03/2025

The winner of the drawing for a $500 gas gift card is Kerwin Leader of Blissfield! Kerwin, call the Herald office at 517-423-2174 to find out how to collect your prize.

10/31/2025

TECUMSEH — When we planned this series of stories on how The Tecumseh Herald covered big stories during its 175-year history, we realized it could wrap up just before Halloween because the Herald’s anniversary is Oct. 31.

Given that timing with the holiday most associated with ghouls and the horrific, it only made sense to look back on the coverage of Tecumseh’s most notorious criminal: serial killer Henry Lee Lucas.

TECUMSEH — When we planned this series of stories on how The Tecumseh Herald covered big stories during its 175-year history, we realized it could wrap up just before Halloween because the Herald’s anniversary is Oct. 31.

10/30/2025

In our first attempt at compiling a list of Halloween yards to share
with our readers, we only received a few submissions, but we thought we would share them, anyway, along with a map to help locate them. Enjoy!

PS: We'll try to do this again with Christmas lights and decorations,
so if you're planning a Christmastime display, please share them with us at [email protected].

In our first attempt at compiling a list of Halloween yards to share with our readers, we only received a few submissions, but we thought we would share them, anyway, along with a map to help locate them. Click on the map to see the addresses. Enjoy!

10/30/2025

TECUMSEH — A $723,980 discrepancy in the Tecumseh Public Schools’ 2024-25 budget led to less money being put into the district’s savings than expected and the resignation of the district’s business services director.

The “variance,” as the district’s auditors called it, in unappropriated expenditures was discovered during the annual audit and led to a closed session during the board of education’s meeting on Oct. 13. The reason for the closed session was to discuss a written legal opinion, board trustee Heather McGee said toward the end of Monday’s meeting.

TECUMSEH — A $723,980 discrepancy in the Tecumseh Public Schools’ 2024-25 budget led to less money being put into the district’s savings than expected and the resignation of the district’s business services director.

10/30/2025

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Tecumseh lost one of its most dedicated historians last Friday when Ashley Chase died at the age of 88. He was the author of two books on Tecumseh and the 2018 recipient of the Musgrove Evans Award, which recognizes individuals whose efforts have contributed to the quality of life in the community and make Tecumseh a better place in which to live.

In 2017 Chase published his first book of photos and images, “Tecumseh: Images of the Past.” The book features more than 275 photos ranging from 1860 to 2017, chosen from his collection of photos and postcards gathered for more than 40 years, most of which had never been seen by the general public. Accompanying the photos are captions that provide information he researched.

By JACKIE [email protected] Tecumseh lost one of its most dedicated historians last Friday when Ashley Chase died at the age of 88. He was the author of two books on Tecumseh and the 2018 recipient of the Musgrove Evans Award, which recognizes individuals whose efforts have contributed t...

10/23/2025

TECUMSEH — A plan to build 37 single-family rental homes along Red Mill Pond received an affirmative recommendation last week from the Tecumseh Planning Commission.

The houses would be built on 9.34 acres of land owned by Lone Oak of Red Mill Pond LLC. The property is at 700 Bishop Reed Drive and sits between the western shore of Red Mill Pond and the Southern Michigan Railroad. The main street into the property, Lone Oak Way, is just past the Tecumseh United Methodist Church and The Ashlar event venue.

TECUMSEH — A plan to build 37 single-family rental homes along Red Mill Pond received an affirmative recommendation last week from the Tecumseh Planning Commission.

10/23/2025

TECUMSEH — When Jeff Wright started his law enforcement career about 20 years ago, he didn’t expect to become his hometown’s police chief.

But when the opportunity presented itself after Tecumseh’s previous police chief, Brett Coker, was promoted to city manager, Wright readily accepted the position.

TECUMSEH — When Jeff Wright started his law enforcement career about 20 years ago, he didn’t expect to become his hometown’s police chief.