DeWitt's own Alan Cropsey, state senator for Isabella County, will appear on this weekend's episode of Off the Record. Although he'll be talking about the spat over the DeVos-China ad, he'll also be talking about important stuff, too, like the prison controversy the Free Press whipped up with its package of stories a couple of weeks ago.

On a related note, the Free Press (at least one of its columnists) gives Cropsey props for his call to reinstate the prison ombudsman.