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Marion council votes to not match funds for dam
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – The village of Marion last week had a special meeting to discuss the 2023/24 budget.The 2023/24 budget must be voted on and adopted at the February meeting to be in place by the start of…
Marion seeks to become district library
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – The Marion Village Council had a regular meeting earlier this month to hear a presentation on the library seeking to become a district library.“The group working on this was at the meeting to give a…
Faces in the Crowd: Lucas England
Dedication, hard work, and discipline.To be successful at anything, those are the basic requirements.And for Lucas England, a 2018 Marion graduate who lives by that mantra, he’s well on his way.Immediately after high school, he went to trade school and…
Classified document scandal needs to be put to rest
After re-reading my opinion last week that the Trump/Biden classified documents scandal was much to do about nothing, I realized I left out a couple of major points.First, I minimalized the importance of classified documents, by writing many of them…
Slow start fails to deter Clare, win easily over Harrison
by Ben MurphySports Writer The Clare boys basketball team played well early on in their non-conference game at Big Rapids on Tuesday. The Pioneers couldn’t keep the good times going in the second half however, fand this led to them…
Marion cruises to fourth straight win with 51-32 win
by Ben MurphySports Writer The Marion boys basketball team continued their January surge on Thursday, Jan. 12. The Eagles were hosting Mason County Eastern in a West Michigan ‘D’ League game, and was able to pick up a convincing 51-32…
Obituary: Roberta Lee Taylor
Roberta Lee Taylor, age 76 of Middle Branch Township passed away on January 12, 2023 at her home. Roberta was born on September 20, 1946 in Lansing, MI to Robert and June (Burdick) Pratt.Roberta loved crafting, tatting dollies, sewing and…
Obituary: Michael Thomas Woods
Michael Thomas Woods – age 71 of Lake, passed away at North Woods Nursing Center in Farwell with his wife, children, and grandchild at his side on Saturday, January 14, 2023. Michael was born to parents Thomas John & Mary…
Obituary: Joyce Ann Webb
Joyce Ann Webb, age 76, of Clare, passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her family on Friday, January 13, 2023. She was born the daughter of Roy and Marie (Fitzpatrick) Smith on March 16, 1946, in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Joyce…
Obituary: Diane Jean DeHaan
Diane Jean DeHaan passed to her eternal home on Sunday morning, January 15, 2023. Diane was born August 6, 1950, the first of four Kuizema sisters. She was preceded in death by her mother, Jessica (DeBoer) Kuizema and by her…
Obituary: Dawn Marr
It is with heavy hearts that we have to announce that Dawn Marr, 70, of Farwell, Michigan has peacefully passed away with her family by her side. Dawn spent her entire life helping others. She held many roles in her career…
Pat’s Bits and Pieces: Recovering and complaining
Most of the time, I consider myself pretty lucky. I am nearly 77 and other than having my tonsils out at 5 or 6 years old, have not had many hospital visits or stays, other than for certain tests, a…
Commissioners approve various appointments
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – Various board committee assignments were made at the Osceola County Board of Commissioners meeting earlier this week.Local commissioners include David Turner of Marion, Tim Michell of Middle Branch Township and Jim Custer of Evart.Turner was…
Faces in the Crowd: Curis Crowl
Just a couple of years ago, ax throwing wasn’t anywhere on Curtis Crowl’s radar.But after working at Skeggox – a locally owned Ax Throwing Company in Cadillac – for the last year and a half, he’s become a bit of…
Marion cheer team sets school record
By John RaffelCorrespondent Danyel Prielipp continues to wear many hats at Marion High School.Two of the hats are elementary principal and superintendent. She also continues to be the Marion cheerleading coach and watched her team set a new school record…
Mike’s Musings: Who cares who has classified documents? Not I
Much ado about nothing, or so that’s what I would call the most recent hysteria about classified documents. As background for those not following the storyline, classified documents which President Biden was required to return to the federal government at…
Bad roads dominate discussion at Grant Township meeting
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent “I believe this is the shortest township meeting we have ever had,” Supervisor Dan Dysinger said the at the first meeting of the new year Tuesday evening. There were no audience members present and the meeting was…
Chainsaw attacker headed back to prison
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent On Friday January 6th, Clare County Prosecutor Michelle Ambrozaitis posted that after nearly four years, 49-year-old Robert Joseph Presley, Jr., of Oakland County’s Clinton Township, is going back to prison for a 2018 assault.She said, “The case…
911 goes down in Clare, surrounding counties
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent Clare County along with Isabella, Midland and seven other counties in Northern Michigan reported their 911 Service was out for about an hour and a half Tuesday afternoon according to a post by 9&10 News.Clare County 911…
Obituary: LaRue Johnson
On Thursday, December 29, 2022, LaRue Johnson of Marion passed away. She was here 89 years, born August 16, 1933 to Robert H & Irene F (England) McQuiston. She married Harold W Johnson on Feb 14, 1950. LaRue loved her…
