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NOVEMBER 13, 2025 • Vol. 37, No. 23
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Additional suspects arraigned in Macomb Township shooting MACOMB TOWNSHIP — The Macomb County Sheriff ’s Office announced Nov. 3 that two additional suspects had been charged in connection to the alleged attempted murder of a Macomb Township businessman in October.
Rachard Huffman, 39, and Dawn Huffman, 44, both of Sterling Heights, were taken into custody on Nov. 1 and arraigned at the 41A District Court in Shelby Township on Nov. 3. Rachard Huffman was charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit embezzlement in an amount between $1,000 and $20,000. He faces up to life in prison
if convicted of the most serious charge. Dawn Huffman was charged with embezzlement of $100,000 and a related conspiracy count. She faces up to 20-years in prison. Rachard Huffman was given a $1,000,000 cash or surety bond with no 10% payment option. Dawn Huffman was given a $500,000 cash
See ARRAIGNMENT on page 26A
Rachard Huffman
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Crusaders march ‘Into the Woods’ BY DEAN VAGLIA
dvaglia@candgnews.com
MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Grab your coats and get ready for a witch’s scavenger hunt, as L’Anse Creuse High School-North is putting on Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s iconic musical “Into the Woods” this November. First staged on Broadway in 1987, “Into the Woods” sees Lapine and Sondheim combine the fairy tales of “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Jack and the Beanstalk,” “Rapunzel” and “Cinderella” with the story of a baker and wife looking to have a child. All the couple has to do is bring a cow as white as milk, a cape as red as blood,
hair as yellow as corn and a slipper as pure as gold to their witch neighbor within three midnights. That’s how the couple intersects with the classic tales and creates a new story from their collective encounters. “We thought ‘Into the Woods’ would be a fun production because we have a lot of really talented students and it offered a lot of great opportunities singing-wise and acting-wise,” said Leah Sanders, a L’Anse Creuse High School-North teacher and the Crusader Nation’s theatre director. “It gave a challenge to our students because Stephen Sondheim is a very difficult composer and musician, and we just thought it would be something See WOODS on page 13A
Photo by Dean Vaglia
Some of the core characters of L’Anse Creuse High School-North’s production of “Into the Woods” — Baker’s Wife (sophomore Natalie Bolak, top left), Witch (senior Jada O’Neal), Baker (junior Rylie Ellis), Jack (sophomore Sarah Murphy, bottom left), Milky White the cow (junior Marley Flieger) and Jack’s Mother (senior Lilly Hill) — assemble the magic potion toward the end of the first act.
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