By Pat MaurerCorrespondent When the Old US-27 Motor Tour stops at Harrison, Friday afternoon, August 26th, they will be just a part of Harrison’s annual Street Fair on Friday and Saturday, August 27th with loads of activities to add to the annual Motor Tour celebration.Come, enjoy fun, family and friends at the annual street fair, Read More…
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent “Back in Its Day It Was the Way!” That’s the slogan that marks the historic old US-27 Motor Tour, which will be making its 16th annual cruise through the center of Michigan all next week.Every 3rd week of August The Old US 27 Motor tour does a 11-City 6-day Motor Tour of Historic Read More…
The dog days of summer are here. They always set the backdrop for certain activities, high among them everything involving the back-to-school rush. This week students picked up schedules amid the final paving of the MHS drive and parking lot. It seems this project has been going on all summer. School starts soon and that Read More…
Although Marion wasn’t home in the beginning for Clare and Deb Wood, Marion will always be home in the end.Clare, a ’69 Gladwin graduate, and Deb, a ’77 Marion graduate [who moved here with her grandparents in the 8th grade] met while working at Evart Products in the late ‘80s. Married in ’89, the couple Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent School officials are getting ready for the opening of the 2022-23 school year.“McBain Schools is fully staffed with teachers, and we are ready for the 2022-2023 school year,” superintendent Scott Akom said. “We have posted and are accepting resumes for a school safety officer position. We are excited to add this position Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – The Osceola County Board of Commissioners voted to approve the Osceola County Sheriff Department to hire four school resource officers and to place them in the schools as soon as positions are filled.County commissioner Roger Elkins, of Evart, said there would be one resource officers for each of the county’s Read More…
By Mike WilcoxPublisherScammers are everywhere these days, often where you least expect them.I ran into a group a couple nights ago while trying to call Spectrum to fix my internet.Spectrum wants you to make all inquiries online, so they do their best to hide their phone number. I, on the other hand, prefer to talk Read More…
MAY 19, 1921 – AUGUST 4, 2022 Wilma Troyer Bontrager, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and friend, passed awaypeacefully at her home near Fairview, Michigan, on August 4, 2022, at the age of 101. Wilma was born at thefamily home on Kittle Road near Mio, Michigan, on May 19, 1921. She accepted Christ as her Read More…
Edward J. Schlafley, age 99, of Manistee, passed away Sunday July 31, 2022, at Maple Ridge Manor in Manistee. He was born on December 25, 1922, the son of the late Edward and Eva (Sanders) Schlafley.His wife, Eleanor Fern Schlafley, age 99, passed away on Tuesday August 2, 2022, at Maple Ridge Manor. Born on Read More…
Jill Lynne Hochstetler-age 79 of Farwell, passed away on Saturday, August 6th, 2022, at Mid-Michigan Medical Center-Gratiot. Jill was born to parents Charles Phillip and Alice Louise (Gee) Hochstetler in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan on June 28, 1943. Jill has been a lifelong resident of Farwell and retired from Farwell Community Schools where she worked in Read More…