6162 S. Horton Drive, Idlewild, MI 49642

FORECLOSURE NOTICE (Lake County) NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE BY ADVERTISEMENT. Notice is given under section 3212 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.3212, that the following mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them at a public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check at the place of holding the circuit court in Lake County (at the Lake County Courthouse in the Village of Baldwin, Lake County, Michigan), starting promptly at 11:00 o’clock A.M. on Thursday, April 2, 2026. Default has been made in the terms and conditions of the mortgage made by Letha C. Hopkins-Powell f/k/a Letha Hopkins and C. Powell, wife and husband, as original mortgagor), to The Huntington National Bank, a national banking association, as original mortgagee, dated October 22, 2016, and recorded on November 10, 2016, at the Lake County, Michigan Register of Deeds, in Liber 388, commencing on Page 929. The amount claimed to be due on this mortgage, on the date of this notice, was $81,831.85. The amount due on the mortgage may be greater on the day of the sale. Placing the highest bid at the sale does not automatically entitle the purchaser to free and clear ownership of the property. A potential purchaser is encouraged to contact the county register of deeds office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge a fee for this information. The description of the mortgaged premises to be sold is all that certain piece or parcel of land situated in the Township of Yates, in the County of Lake and State of Michigan further described as follows: Lots 18 to 27, Block 44, and the North 12.5 feet of vacated Crystal Street, a/k/a Lots 22 and 23, Wilson’s Paradise Garden No. 1, as recorded in Lake County Records. Commonly known as: 6162 S. Horton Drive, Idlewild, MI and Vacant Land, S. Horton Drive, Idlewild, MI The redemption period shall be Six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale or when the time to provide the notice required by MCLA 600.3241a(c) expires, whichever is later or unless the redemption period is shortened in accordance with MCLA 600.3238. If the property is sold at a foreclosure sale, under MCLA 600.3278, the borrower and mortgagor will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period. Attention Homeowner: If you are a military service member on active duty, if your period of active duty has concluded less than 90 days ago, or if you have been ordered to active duty, please contact the attorney for the party foreclosing the mortgage at the telephone number stated in this notice. Attention Purchasers: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Shaheen, Jacobs & Ross, P.C. is a debt collector attempting to collect this debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated: February 18, 2026 The Huntington National Bank, a national banking association Mortgagee SHAHEEN, JACOBS & ROSS, P.C. By: Michael J. Thomas, Esq. Attorneys for Mortgagee 615 Griswold Street, Suite 1425 Detroit, Michigan 48226-3993 (313) 963-1301 (02-27)(03-20)