It's official
Ann Riddle completes mentoring program, new school head

by Will Forgrave

The Litchfield Community Schools Board of Education voted unanimously last week to accept Ann Riddle as the district’s new superintendent.

Riddle will serve as both the superintendent and K-12 principal at LCS.

While Riddle took on many of the responsibilities of superintendent over the past seven months, Tom Bartol held the title until his final day March 5. Bartol has been mentoring Riddle and helping her ease into her new position since she interviewed last June.

Riddle was teaching computers and accounting to Litchfield High School students, taking classes at Concordia University in Ann Arbor and filling in as interim principal when Bartol suggested she apply for the superintendent position.

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Driver had blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit

by Mike Warner

A 23-year-old Munith man who died February 6 after crashing his truck into a tree following a short chase in Homer had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit.

Homer Police Chief Steve Fisher revealed last week that Jacob Charles Walz had a blood-alcohol level of .18; the legal limit is .08.

Walz died when the vehicle he was driving left M-60, entered a median, and struck a tree at about 2:10 a.m. Homer law enforcement officials witnessed Walz drive away from the Homer Mill across a pedestrian covered bridge. He then ran a stop sign before entering M-60.

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