Can I love someone and accept them, even if I don’t like how they believe and act? Good question for today. Once, when I was preparing for the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) the priest made this comment, “God loves the sinner and hates the sin.” I take that to mean the God accepts me as Read More…
Benjamin James Sexton, age 60, passed away peacefully under hospice care at Medilodge of Clare on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. He was born the youngest of six children to Frederick John and Marjorie Ann Sexton, on March 26, 1963, in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. He grew up on the family farm west of Clare.Ben has one Read More…
MAY 7, 1966 – FEBRUARY 19, 2024Margaret “Margo” Marie Zelinski age 57 of Clare, passed away peacefully after courageously fighting a long illness on Monday, February 19, 2024 at Trinity Health -Grand Rapids. Margaret was born Saturday, May 7, 1966 in Pontiac, Michigan the daughter of Robert E. Zelinski and Joan Therese (St. Dennis) Zelinski. Read More…
Ronald Keith Yesney, 93, of Harrison died Friday, January 19th, 2024, at The University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor. He was born September 9, 1930, to Samuel and Agnes (Peterson) Yesney in Wakefield, Michigan. He was the second oldest of four children. Ronald’s youth was spent in Verona, Michigan. He and his siblings lived Read More…
Valentine’s Day is over.I miss my old buddy Al. He used to proofread the paper every Thursday. And every time I wrote a column about family, love or anything like that, he would be sitting at his desk behind me muttering comments to me the whole time he was reading it.He sure hated mushy stuff, Read More…
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent Following a Public Hearing Monday (with no public comment) the Clare City Commission approved a motion to submit an application for a grant from USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) that would pay 55 percent of the cost for new tasers and body cameras for the Clare City Police Department.In his agenda Read More…
Congressman John Moolenaar recently presented certificates to the families of fallen soldiers including one from Clare. He said, “Today, I had the privilege of presenting military honors to the families of the late Kenneth Fink of Clare (photo) and the late John Milburn of Houghton Lake. Fink served as a Specialist in the Army in Read More…
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent If you are planning to cast your primary ballot the old-fashioned way, Tuesday is the day to do it at your township or city headquarters.If not, you can still take advantage of early voting, or casting an absentee ballot.A MLive post says there are several ways Michiganders can cast their ballots. It’s 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…
By John RaffelCorrespondent LAKE CITY – A 37-year old Lansing man, John Lynn Major, was arraigned on Feb. 20 in Missaukee County 84th District Court on one count of failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in serious impairment or death.Major was given a PR bond. His next scheduled court appearance is Read More…