By Pat MaurerReview Correspondent It looks like it will be nice weather for Clare’s annual Irish Festival next week.Even if Mother Nature pulls a surprise on us and the week is snowy outside, the 49th annual Irish Festival is sure to turn everything green, especially around the City of Clare. Along with the all new Read More…
There has been a transition with family farms for many decades. Dairy farming has slowly, and not so slowly, accelerated from small family farms milking a small number of cows to milking several hundred and some milking several thousand or they go out of business. Farming has changed the way the crops are raised and Read More…
The Osceola County Planning Commission and MSU Extension have initiated a planning process and community conversation around large scale solar. As Michigan transitions to using more renewable energy, many Osceola residents are wondering about the good, the bad, and the trade-offs related to large scale solar. As part of this planning process, the project steering committee Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent MCBAIN – The Michigan State Police has reported a Missaukee County man has been arrested for felony drunk driving and carrying a concealed pistol.The MSP say troopers at 2:30 a.m. on March 3 stopped a vehicle on 16 RD near 47 RD in Cedar Creek Township. The driver, Shaun William Lewis, of Read More…
Despite my rantings about corruption in government, I still believe the United States is the best country in the world. Yes we have our failings, but overall our republic should be at the top of any list.Not so says U.S. News and World Report. They rate the U.S. fifth best in the world. They say Read More…
By Genine Hopkins Harrison has lost a few restaurants over the years, more recently with the closing of theBudd Lake Bar. But a Grand Blanc restaurant group – Great Lakes Taco Bell LLC – has a goalof bringing Taco Bell back to Harrison, ending a nearly two decade absence of Taco Bell inHarrison. Those who Read More…
Today’s a great day. I have a cold now running on 8 days, my bank account is in the negative, and my ex-wife has called for the umpteenth time- and it hasn’t even reached noon on my wall clock.But hey I still have pickleball, a sport I began playing a year ago, and now play Read More…
On Wednesday, February 22, 1922, Marion, the rest of the state, and a large swath of the Midwest, awoke to a glittering, ice laden, and broken world. Just outside the door the icing event of the 20th century had coated everything with nearly an inch of ice. This storm is remembered numerically as the Great Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – Marion’s girls basketball team defeated Mason County Eastern on Feb. 16 with a 52-30 verdict.“Our energy wasn’t there at the start of the game but we were still leading until a buzzer beating three at the end of the first put MCE ahead 9-8,” Marion coach Brian Miller said. “We Read More…
Clare wrestling is going to be taking four wrestlers to the State Tournament in a couple of weeks after coming out on top during the Individual Regional Finals.On the boys side, Ryan Moreno, Carter Smedley and Holden Hollingshead were all runners-up during their finals on Feb. 17 and will be going to the State Tournament. Read More…