PHOTO INFORMATION: State Rep. Thomas Albert of Lowell was ceremoniously sworn into his second term of office on Wednesday by Michigan State Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Markman. Rep. Albert represents the 86^th District, which includes the cities of Belding, Ionia, and Lowell as well as the townships of Easton, Ionia, Orleans, Otisco, Ada, Bowne, Caledonia, Cascade, Grattan, Lowell, and Vergennes.

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Rep. Albert’s children Mary, Jack, and Owen and wife Erica.