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Adams facing prison
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent Jeremy Scott Adams, 46 of Harrison is facing up to five years in prison for threatening the life of a Clare County Judge, the Judge’s wife and his own neighbor on social media last spring.Adams pled guilty…
Search underway for new County Drain Commissioner
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent With the death of long-time County Drain Commissioner Carl J. Parks III, Clare County is looking for someone to take his place.According to MCL (Michigan Compiled Laws written by the state legislature) 201.35 and MCL 168.209, The…
Marion softball team hopeful
By John Raffel Correspondent MARION – Coach Ryan Raymond had a softball team last season at Marion which won the West Michigan D League title and finished with a 21-3 record, losing in the district finals. “I believe if we…
Spring Sports In Full Force Next Week
By Grace Davis Sports Writer While our area schools are all on spring break this week and many are enjoying the sun of the south, spring schedules will be busy when they return. You can catch any of these local…
Obituary: Charlene Ruth Harvey
Charlene Ruth Harvey, age 81 of Clare, passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at the MyMichigan Medical Center in Midland. Charlene was born the daughter of Randolph and Dorothy (Hayes) Rockey on January 22, 1941 in Clare. She was united…
Obituary: Richard A. Warner
Richard A. Warner, age 86 of Harrison, passed away surround by his family on Friday, March 24, 2023 at McLaren Bay Regional. Richard was born the son of Henry and Dorothy (Foor) Warner on December 20, 1936 at home in Clare…
Obituary: Orvan Tharp
Orvan Tharp, age 88 of Clare, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, March 24, 2023 at the Pioneer Golden Estates in Clare. Orvan was born the son of Miles and Estelle (Spencer) Griffith on June…
Obituary: Marilyn Viola Russell
Marion – Marilyn Viola Russell, of Marion, passed away at home with family by her side on Thursday, March 23, 2023. She was 90.Marilyn was born on October 20, 1932, in Flint, Michigan to Paul Richardson and Bessie (Hines) Richardson. …
Obituary: Janet Ruth Nemeth
Janet Ruth Nemeth, age 87 of Clare, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at the MyMichigan Medical Center in Alma. Janet was born the daughter of Robert and Eva (Hoenshell) Bolin on October 12, 1935 in Gladwin. Janet was married…
Pat’s Bits and Pieces: Enough snow already!
April will arrive Saturday. It’s snowing again… I think we are paying for all of the nice weather we had at the end of February and the beginning of March. Actually February, my least favorite month of the year, went…
Postcards from the Pines: Don’t go down that rabbit hole
We all go down the rabbit holes of Facebook now and then. No matter how many times we proclaim we simply don’t go there, we do. We’re all familiar with things designed to get our attention and get us to…
Faces in the Crowd: Matt Roach and in memory of John Uber
You can never be sure what tomorrow is going to bring.It wasn’t all that long ago, really, when I interviewed John Uber and Matt Roach. It was February of 2020 – back in the pre-Covid days – when I wandered…
Osceola County Gas Prices Rise
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – AAA reports gas prices for Osceola County as of March 29 was at $3.456 and was among the highest in the areaGas prices for other counties were $3.515 for Wexford County, $3.483 for Missaukee County,…
Osceola County Unemployment at 5.7 percent
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget release its recent unemployment figures for the 83 counties for January in the state and Osceola County came out with 5.7 percent, tying it for 33rd with…
Health, safety, grounds committee meets
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION — The Osceola County Board of Commissioners health, safety and grounds committee met on March 21 and listened as Kram Construction gave a presentation on the proposed EMS Station in Evart.The committee decided to recommend accepting…
Mike’s Musings: I’ve been a fool, how about you?
Editor’s Note: Because I’ve been laid up in a hospitalthe last couple of days (broke my hip) I pulled this oldy but goody columnfrom the vault. BY MIKE WILCOXPUBLISHER Saturday will be April Fools’ Day. It is also thebirthday of…
Clare County Road Commission lists 2023 potential roadwork
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent The Clare County Road Commission’s website has listed 48 potential projects for the year and two that have been completed. Proposed are 15 paving projects, nine involving culvert work, five double chip seal projects, eight chip seal,…
Irish Festival turns Clare ‘green’
By Pat MaurerCorrespondentSnowy weather didn’t stop the thousands who came to Clare last weekend from enjoying the 48th Annual Clare Irish Festival. Always set around St. Patrick’s Day, the weather is more often than not, snowy and cold.Despite the wintery…
Postcard from the Pices: Fishing and Fair Play
In the summer of 1958 Fred and Jane Ettawageshik and their two grade-school age sons, Frank and Tim, rented the Turner house next door to us, on the corner of Main and Blevins Streets. The Ettawageshik family came to Marion…
Pat’s Bits and Pieces: March winding down, Irish Fest over…time for Spring!
I was looking at some old columns for ideas and discovered that on March 21, 2012 it was 86 degrees.That has to be a typo, because I don’t remember it ever being that warm in the middle of March.According to…
