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• Schwarz to decide 2008 plans in six months

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  The political bull's-eye on Tim Walberg's back gained the notice of The New York Times today.
  NY Times carried a story from CQPolitics.com that Joe Schwarz will decide within six months whether he'll challenge Walberg in 2008 for his old seat in' [...]
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  Posted: February 03, 2007, 10:43am EST
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• Walberg: Don't adopt 'Hillarycare'

  In an op-ed piece today, U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg rips the Democrats proposed changes to Medicare prescription drug plan.
  Walberg, R-Tipton, likened the legislation to Senator Hillary Clinton's health care plan of the 1990s when she was First Lady. That plan has been called "Hillarycare" by some' [...]
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  Posted: January 24, 2007, 10:36am EST
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• Walberg's response to Bush's State of the Union speech

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  Here's Congressman Tim Walberg's response to President Bush's State of the Union address tonight:
  
  "I support the president's determination for victory and feel it is imperative we provide American men and women in combat with resources that will enable them to come home safe and victorious. The war" [...]
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  Posted: January 23, 2007, 11:32pm EST
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• Coffee company setting up shops all over Lenawee County

  After enjoying a cup of coffee at the new Bearclaw Coffee Co. stand at Bixby Medical Center, the company's web site had some interesting local news.
  The franchise is opening three new shops in Adrian, Clinton and Blissfield.
  The Adrian shop will be located on M-52' [...]
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  Posted: January 22, 2007, 2:23pm EST
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• 'The World According to Schwarz'

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  The Battle Creek Enquirer has a long detailed story about Joe Schwarz, even as Tim Walberg tries to get his start as the new 7th District Congressman. [...]
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  Posted: January 11, 2007, 11:28pm EST
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• There were six Republicans in 2004, not five

  History tells us there were six Republicans who sought retired U.S. Rep. Nick Smith's seat in 2004, not five.
  
  They were:
  Brad Smith, an attorney and son of the retiring congressman from Addison
  State Sen. Joe Schwarz of Battle Creek
  Fmr. State Rep. Tim Walberg' [...]
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  Posted: January 09, 2007, 10:20am EST
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• Walberg names staffers; Schwarz considering 2008 bid

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  Congressman Tim Walberg says he's hard at work to restore the Grand Old Party's traditional values.
  "We lost our Republican ideals. We walked away," Walberg said recently in an interview with the Associated Press. "And now we have a chance to ... pay our penance and hopefully" [...]
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  Posted: January 08, 2007, 11:12am EST
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• Pollster: $50K in TV ads would give Renier victory

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  Tim Walberg may be out fundraising Sharon Renier 26-to-1, but just $50,000 and some network airtime would help Renier beat Walberg on Nov. 7, one pollster is suggesting.
  Lansing pollster Ed Sarpolus of EPIC/MRA told the Jackson Citizen Patriot that Renier could pull [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2006, 6:25pm EDT
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• Walberg's page scandal? Renier thinks so

  The fallout continues from revelations that a staffer for Tim Walberg pleaded guilty last month to beating his foster children.
  The story isn't boding well with Walberg's chief campaign priority: family values.
  
  Political observers, Walberg's opponent and even Republican candidate Dick DeVos appear to be questioning why' [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2006, 5:07pm EDT
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• Walberg staffer quits after domestic violence plea

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  A staffer for Tim Walberg's congressional campaign quit today after it was reported that he plead guilty to domestic violence of his own foster children.
  
  Daniel A. Coons, 30, of Eaton Rapids, plead guilty on "Sept. 18 to domestic violence, a lesser misdemeanor punishable by up to'" [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2006, 10:01pm EDT
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• Detroit News: Walberg too conservative for us

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  The Detroit News' decision to endorse Libertarian candidate Robert L. Hutchinson over Republican nominee Tim Walberg in the Nov. 7 general election has become news itself.
  Wow," Hutchinson, an 83-year-old World War II veteran, told the Battle Creek Enquirer. "I hadn't heard, [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2006, 11:29pm EDT
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• Walberg, Renier race heating up?

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  The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports today that "the only thing standing between Tim Walberg and Congress is a chicken farmer from Munith."
  But Democrat Sharon Renier still thinks she has a chance to win Michigan's 7th District congressional seat, the Jackson paper reports.
  "I'm everywhere I can be," [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2006, 4:14pm EDT
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• Walberg, Club for Growth deny any wrong doing

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  The Ann Arbor News has picked up on Congressman Joe Schwarz's FEC elections law complaint against Club for Growth and former state Rep. Tim Walberg.
  
  "The FEC complaint filed last week contends the Club for Growth coordinated expenditures from its political action committee and 527 organization,'" [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2006, 7:42am EDT
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• Details of Schwarz's FEC complaint

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  A Barry County blogger has posted excerpts of U.S. Rep. Joe Schwarz's election law complaints against Club for Growth and Tim Walberg, his Republican opponent who beat him in the August primary.
  
  The nine point complaint outlines violations including: • The illegal coordination of campaign' [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2006, 8:57pm EDT
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• Walberg's infant grandson dies

  Republican Congressional nominee Tim Walberg's grandson died late Sunday night from complications caused by his premature birth.
  John Timothy Walberg, born Sept. 16, died in Evanston, Illinois, the Battle Creek Enquirer reported today.' [...]
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  Posted: September 27, 2006, 9:49am EDT
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• Schwarz taking on Club for Growth, again

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  Some might call it being a poor sport.
  Others call is justice.
  U.S Rep. Joe Schwarz filed a complaint on Monday with the Federal Elections Commission alleging election laws were broken by Club for Growth, the special-interest group that poured $1 million into Tim Walberg's Aug. 8' [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2006, 9:00pm EDT
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• Renier: 'I'm poor,' lets tax the rich

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  After saying her opponent is going to be rich from the state pension system, Democratic congressional candidate Sharon Renier is broke.
  ""I took in pop cans and beer bottles yesterday to get gas," Renier told the Battle Creek Enquirer for a story today. "I'm poor. I'm very [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2006, 8:05am EDT
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• Renier: Walberg will reap 'millions' from state pension

  Nirmal, a liberal blogger at Who Got The Gravy?, has what he calls an "exclusive" interview with Democratic congressional nominee Sharon Renier.
  Renier, a Munith organic farmer and paralegal, said she expected former state Rep. Tim Walberg to win since U.S. Rep. Joe Schwarz [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2006, 2:22pm EDT
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• Schwarz's Washington Post column: 'Don't Lose Like Me'

  In a guest column in Sunday's Washington Post, U.S. Rep. Joe Schwarz says it wasn't "President Bush who proved to be the kiss of death to my candidacy for a second term in the House."
  "What did me in was voter apathy, and moral absolutist groups supported by [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2006, 10:42pm EDT
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• Walberg reduces scope of his Website

  Now that he's won the Republican congressional primary, Tim Walberg's campaign website is nothing more than a couple of election night victory photos and a plea for more money.
  There's a big "Thank You" with Walberg's 53 percent to Joe Schwarz's 47 percent of the vote posted.
  [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2006, 2:35pm EDT
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• 'RINO hunting'

  Club for Growth and its "conservative firebrand" president Patrick J. Toomey are going RINO hunting this week, and U.S. Rep. Joe Schwarz is being hunted, Congressional Quarterly Politics reported today on it Web site.
  Meanwhile, Detroit News editorial page editor Nolan Finley sarcastically wrote Sunday in his [...]
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  Posted: July 31, 2006, 12:43pm EDT
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• Assessing the home values of Adrian city leaders

  Want to know what your neighbor's house is worth?
  For the next three months, you can do so for free, thanks to Adrian's City Commissioners.
  Have you ever wanted to know what the homes of Adrian's City Commissioners are worth?
  Well the Adrian Insider has.
  Been enjoying [...]
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  Posted: July 07, 2006, 9:05pm EDT
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• Ballot set for Aug. 8 primary, voter deadline nearing

  Monday is the deadline to register to vote in the August 8th primary election.
  Here's a list of the candidates all qualified voters in Lenawee County have to choose from.
  
  U.S. Senate
  Republican ticket
  Keith Butler of Lathrup Village
  Michael Bouchard of Royal Oak
  
  Incumbent [...]
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  Posted: July 06, 2006, 7:45pm EDT
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• One felon in Lenawee County public schools

  A Sand Creek schools bus driver made the state's school employees felons list for malicious destruction of property.
  The names of 469 felons amoung the state's 200,000 public school employees were published Thursday in The Detroit News.
  The Detroit News apparently got the names before other [...]
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  Posted: June 30, 2006, 4:46pm EDT
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• Adrian passed over for GOP 'Victory Center'

  Apparently the Michigan Republican Party doesn't think Adrian will be a place of victory this fall.
  While GOP chairman Saul Anuzis says the party is "committed to working in communities across Michigan, helping to bring visibility and support to all Republican candidates," Adrian was skipped over yesterday [...]
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  Posted: May 31, 2006, 12:58pm EDT
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• Peer pressure led rape victim to drop charges, Tecumseh police say

  Of all the recent revelations coming out of the Tecumseh High School sex scandal, authorities have begun implying that after Cole Corey and classmate Anthony Sandoval assaulted a 17-year-old girl in Sandoval's home, they and others may have peer-pressured the girl to not pursue rape charges.
  Shortly after the April [...]
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  Posted: May 21, 2006, 3:13pm EDT
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• Residents rip Detroit Free Press' Tecumseh sex scandal reports

  Some Lenawee County residents have decided to defend the sex and booze shenanigans at Tecumseh High School by blasting the Detroit Free Press for taking notice and reporting on the case.
  In a letter to the editor in today's Free Press, Onsted resident Drew Cunningham rebutted a [...]
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  Posted: May 20, 2006, 11:23pm EDT
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• No surprise here...

  This comes as no surprise: Sen. John McCain is backing U.S. Rep. Joe Schwarz's re-election efforts.
  In 2004, McCain made two special trips to the 7th District to campaign on Schwarz's behalf in a six-man GOP primary.
  backed by Right to Life and Club for Growth, an [...]
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  Posted: April 28, 2006, 12:29pm EDT
  by The Adrian Insider

• Delphi may close Adrian plant

  Delphi Corp. may close the Adrian plant, putting 380 local union workers who make instrument panel parts out of work, the Detroit News reported today.
  Closing the local Adrian plant would part of 14 plant closing across the U.S., according to U.A.W. officials briefed on the plan.
  The [...]
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  Posted: March 31, 2006, 12:59pm EST
  by The Adrian Insider

• A good place to live

  Progressive Farmer magazine has ranked Lenawee County the fifth best rural county to live in the state. Nationally, Lenawee County ranks 86 out of the magazine's top 200.
  The new rankings are based on a formula calculating how our county’s crime rates, air quality, access to health care [...]

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  Posted: February 23, 2006, 6:21pm EST
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• "Here's your sign!"

  Funnyman Bill Engvall is scheduled to perform at the Lenawee County Fair on Aug. 14.
  Engvall's career picked up steam when he toured with redneck comedian Jeff Foxworthy in the late 90s and eventually appeared alongside him on Foxworthy's short-lived TV show.
  His celebrity reached new heights with the Blue [...]
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  Posted: February 10, 2006, 5:25pm EST
  by The Adrian Insider

• Walberg's campaign cash tops 2004 fundraising

  Former state Rep. Tim Walberg collected more campaign cash in the last three months of 2005 than he did in his entire failed 2004 bid for Congress.
  Walberg’s got a Web site now after a couple months of fundraising for the 7th District’s Aug. 8 Congressional Republican primary.
  [...]
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  Posted: January 30, 2006, 11:13pm EST
  by The Adrian Insider

• Right to Life endorses Tim Walberg

  Former state Rep. Tim Walberg has been endorsed by Right to Life of Michigan in his quest to unseat U.S. Rep. Joe Schwarz in the Aug. 8 primary.
  Right to Life’s backing is expected to bring the Tipton Republican a boost at the polls among conservative Republicans opposed to [...]
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  Posted: January 24, 2006, 10:14pm EST
  by The Adrian Insider

• Resignation

  Scott Klemm, vice president and general manager of Citzen's Gas Fuel in Adrian announced his resignation Tuesday morning.
  He is moving to a larger company out of state.
  Klemm has been involved in many community organizations during his time in Adrian, including currently serving on the city's Downtown Development Authority [...]
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  Posted: December 27, 2005, 12:42pm EST
  by The Adrian Insider