BPA Members receiving certificates at the Clare BOE meeting included: (from left) Sophia Winkler, Reagan McNerney, Ethan Miller, Chloe Sprague, Duncan Lowe, Bella Smylie, Aaron Lingaur, Kara Forsberg, Abby Isaac, Riley Smith, Kassidy Allen, Hezekiah Bear, Alex Heatley, Noah Camp,…

One of the great accomplishments one can achieve in their teen years is graduating from high school. Wilcox Newspapers has underscored this achievement by honoring grads in several of our local newspapers. It is a daunting task, but we believe…

The new Veterans Honor Wall in the Lobby of Clare County courthouse lobby is a thing of beauty.   A  P.O.W., M.I.A. Table Occupies the Southeast corner of the lobby as   part of the Veterans Honor Wall display Allisha Gary – Officer,…

The Ten artists whose sculptures were selected to be displayed on Clare’s Streets until the end of April 2024 (shown here from left) were: Brian Ferriby, John Merigian, Jim Wolnosky, Amy Biniecki, Robert Porreca, Angela Larson, Ray Katz, Kelly O’Neill,…

Joelyn Gamble-Brown is sworn in as Osceola County’s newest deputy By John RaffelCorrespondent REED CITY – The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office has brought on its newest recruit, Deputy Joelynn Gamble-Brown.“Deputy Gamble-Brown recently graduated from West Shore Community College Police Academy.…

By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – April was an extremely busy one for the Osceola CountySheriff’s Office which took 532 calls for service for the month of April. The corrections staff booked 72 subjects into the jail between April 1 to…

Brock Witbeck, a ’94 Evart graduate, grew up in the outdoors: hunting and fishing, and working his way around a chainsaw from an early age.But it wasn’t until he met his wife, Nicole, that he decided to make a career…

Alice Chapin, August 1949 in her sunken garden at Marion Happy Mom’s Day! Happy Spring! Happy good weather at last! Looks like Mom Nature is pulling off a trifecta for this week. Let’s hope that it’s all here to stay.This…

Robert “Bob” A. Denton, age 76, and Sandra “Sandy” S. Denton, age 75, of Williamsburg, MI, passed away together unexpectedly on April 26, 2023, when their plane crashed in Georgia while returning home. They now rest in the arms of…

Warren Dale Jansen, age 54, lifelong resident of Farwell, went to his Heavenly Home with his family by his side on Sunday, May 7, 2023.  Warren was born the son of William C. and Patricia A. (Adams) Jansen on February 14,…

Katherine “Kay” (Casey) Gordon, age 94, passed away peacefully on May 4, 2023.  She was a resident of Clare since 1976 until her move to the Village of Rosebush Manor.  Katherine was the daughter of the late Thomas and Marguerite Casey and…

Ronald James Mathews, 78 passed away on May 8th, 2023. Ron was born on September 5th, 1944 in Rosebush, Michigan to parents Delmer Franklin and Helen Marie (Muchie) Mathews.  Ron graduated from Mount Pleasant High School, after which he served…

Ann Elizabeth Hunt– age 74 of Lake, Michigan, passed away on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at her home.  Ann was born on July 4th, 1948, the eldest of five children, to parents Douglas Robert, and Elizabeth Anne (Johnson) Gray in…

Fred Warren Bennett of Alger passed away May 4, 2023, peacefully in his home surrounded by family at the age of 54. Fred has been survived by his parents Ronald (Connie) Bennett of Prescott and Bonnie Tenney of Marion. He…

On Thursday, May 4, 2023, Darlene E. (Lear) Schunk, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away at the age of 89, surrounded by family. She was born June 21, 1933, to Carl and Elsie Lear in Oil Hill, Kansas.…

Ryan Louch By Grace Davis Sports Writer Clare outmatched Harrison in a thrilling baseball game on Thursday, winning 5-2. The game started off with a bang as the Pioneers scored in the first inning. However, Harrison quickly caught up in…

By John Raffel Correspondent MARION – Georgia Meyer threw a five-inning no-hitter for Marion on Friday over Mason County Central in a 13-0 win Meyer struck out eight batters and walked two. At the plate Meyer helped herself with a…

Maybe I’m more sensitive than most, but when I get a subscription cancellation, I’m bothered. A few weeks ago we received a 300-word cancellation notice essentially ripping columnist G.S. Stoppel and myself.Stoppel’s column runs in the Commercial Record, Allegan County…

     Truth be told, there is just not a lot of information I need to know about you, I’m just not interested in your politics.  In fact, I don’t care if you are a Republican, Democrat, Green Party, Natural Law Party, Socialist…

Vanity Card Crops at Marion Or should it be Simulated Aptitude? Or perhaps Pretended Acumen sounds better to the ear. And maybe we should just call a spade a spade and make it Fake Brains. Take your pick, all those…