Dan Enos

We don’t cover sports much on these pages but when a Dearborn native gets a job as the new head coach of a Division 1 university that deserves an attaboy.

So to Edsel Ford High School graduate Dan Enos, who on Tuesday was named the new head football coach of Central Michigan University, we say well done.

Enos’ five year contract calls for a base annual salary of $250,000, with a $75,000 bonus for radio and television appearances, or $325,000 per year. Enos also could receive performance incentives.

Enos, 41, served as running backs coach at Michigan State University during the past three seasons after coaching the quarterbacks in 2006. Enos also played quarterback at Michigan State from 1987-1990.

While in high school, Enos earned all-state honors as a senior for then Coach Jack Bridges at Edsel Ford High School. He accounted for 5,743 total yards and 46 TDs during his prep career.

The Dearborn man who hoarded more than 100 live and dead Chihuahuas in his home on Orchard last summer will serve five years probation under the supervision of a Wayne County mental health court.

A July photo of some of the nearly 100 dogs removed from Lang's home.

We wrote several stories about Kenneth Lang Jr., 56, last summer after the live and dead Chihuahuas were discovered in his home packed full of debris and animal waste on Orchard Street. On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to an animal cruelty charge but will not serve any jail time.

According to the Detroit Free Press, Lang admitted in court that the animals in his home were in abusive conditions because he was overwhelmed by their sheer numbers.

Under the terms of the plea agreement, Lang will not be permitted to own any animals, and will be under the supervision of Circuit Court Judge Timothy Kenny. He also must make $3,000 restitution to the Animal Legal Defense Fund for the examination of the dead dogs, as well as yet undetermined restitution to the city of Dearborn.

We earlier wrote that cleanup costs alone to the City of Dearborn were nearly $40,000. City officials tell us they plan to tear down the home so costs will increase. The Lang family likely will have the option of giving the property to Dearborn as a way to cover all restitution payment.