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 CHIPPEWA County, starting promptly at 10:00 AM, on May 1, 2026. 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. MORTGAGE INFORMATION: Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Brian D. McMillan, an unmarried man, and Meri L. Hancock, an unmarried woman, as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship, whose address is 10819 W. Glen Street, Rudyard, Michigan 49780, as original Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Bank of America, N.A., being a mortgage dated June 24, 2009, and recorded on July 9, 2009 in Liber 1073 Page 306. Said mortgage was modified by a loan modification agreement, recorded August 31, 2015, liber 1213 page 138, Chippewa County Records, State of Michigan and assigned by said mortgagee through mesne assignments to NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, as assignee as documented by an assignment dated September 4, 2020 and recorded on September 14, 2020 in Liber 1328 Page 832, Chippewa County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY AND 05/100 DOLLARS ($53,830.05). Said premises are situated in the Township of Rudyard, County of Chippewa, State of Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17, McDowell Subdivision, according to the plat recorded in Liber 8 of Plats, page 5, Chippewa County Records. Street Address: 10819 W. Glen Street, Rudyard, Michigan 49780 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless the property is determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA § 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of the sale. If the property is sold at a foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCLA § 600.3278, the borrower 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. THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 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. Dated: March 31, 2026 For more information, please contact the attorney for the party foreclosing: Robert A. Blumberg (P87490) Johnson, Blumberg & Associates LLC 30 North LaSalle St., Suite 3650 Chicago, Illinois, 60602 312.541.9710 - Phone 312.541.9711 - Fax File No.: MI 26 7085   1588885 (03-31)(04-21)  Invoice Date: 04/21/2026