Dear Editor:The next couple of months roads will be full of ice and snow, making driving conditions dangerous. While there is little we can do to stop weather related accidents, there is a source of accidents we can do something about: collisions with wildlife. Every year millions of Americans hit wildlife on our roadways. Michigan ranks Read More…
Clare County Review & Marion Press
Letter to the Editor: A New Year’s Resolution
Dear Editor,With Christmas and Hanukkah behind us, we look forward to the new year and New Year’s resolutions: to step away from social media, lose some weight, and, perhaps, to go vegan. Yes, that.A third of consumers report reducing consumption of animal foods. Hundreds of college campuses, schools, hospitals. and corporate cafeterias have embraced Meatless Read More…
Letter to the Editor: Gun Control column ‘on spot’
Dear editor,Mike your son’s editorial was spot on. Henry Kenn and Sue Mackey don’t have a clue what they are talking about.Gun control is, having a steady hand as you press the trigger! What they are referring to when they use the term, gun control, is actually, people control!Gun are inanimate objects. They just lie Read More…
Letter to the Editor: Here’s what “being pro-life” means
Dear Editor:49 years ago, the Supreme Court made one of their most influential and controversial decisions to date, legalizing abortion in all fifty states in Roe v. Wade.The debate still continues among Americans today: are you pro-life or pro-choice?“As believers,” we consider ourselves to be pro-life. To be content with the murder of lives forming Read More…
Letter to the Editor: Response to gun control column
Editor,It didn’t take long for publisher Mike Wilcox’s son, Jordan, to catch blow back from his essay advocating universal gun ownership as a solution to gun violence.Of course, it’s a silly idea but I wonder if that might have been the intent.The kid is in college and I think that maybe in an English lit Read More…
New fire pumper truck to arrive in Clare this week
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent Clare Fire Department is getting a new fire engine (pumper) this week. Clare Fire Chief Jim Chapman said the new truck, which was ordered last January, has been being built. The truck chassis was built in Charlotte and then taken to Sioux Falls, South Dakota where the fire apparatus portion was built Read More…
Turner elected vice-chair of Osceola commission
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – Osceola County commissioner David Turner, of Marion, was elected vice chairman of the Board of Commissioners at its organizational meeting on Tuesday.He will serve a one-year term as vice chairman, replacing Roger Elkins of Evart. Mark Gregory, of LeRoy, is serving a two-year term as chairman.Turner was elected to the Read More…
Marion Village working on 2022 budget
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – The Marion Village Council had its first monthly meeting of 2022 on Monday.“Our meeting was very quick and we basically had the usual business,” council president Flora Grundy said. “Nothing new happened at the moment to discuss except for the budget.“We will be having a special budget workshop meeting on Read More…
Governor, UIA under fire for paying fraudulent unemployment
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent According to an article by Bruce Walker, Michigan Editor for “The Center Square,” Governor Whitmer and the Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA). Have come under fire for “paying approximately $8.5 billion in fraudulent claims since March of 2020.”The fraudulent payments were uncovered during “an outside audit,” and were discovered last week “after the Read More…
Clare County set with emergency sirens
By John RaffelCorrespondent HARRISON – The Clare County emergency management department reminds residents that the County has a system of Emergency Alert Sirens controlled by the counties dispatch system that are located in the following communities:City of Harrison (Tank Hill Area) West lawn Street; Redding Township (Temple), located in Cemetery area; Freeman Township Hall; Lake Read More…