Betty Marie Schaeffer, age 89, of Columbia Kentucky, previously of Clare, passed away following a short fight with cancer, on Thursday, January 5, 2023, at home in Columbia. Betty was born the daughter of Carl and Faye (Gould) Wurts on…

William “Roy” Davis, Jr., age 91 of Clare, formerly of Farwell, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 8, 2023 at the Woodland Hospice House of Mt. Pleasant, surrounded by his family.  On June 19, 1931, Roy was born one of three…

LINDA MARIE PARKS FEBRUARY 7, 1960 – JANUARY 6, 2023             Linda Marie Parks age 62 of Lake, Michigan passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her loving family on Friday, January 6, 2023. Linda was born February 7,…

James Matthew Paulick (Poledick) – Age 44 unexpectedly passed away on Thursday, December 1st, 2022. He was born in Wayne County, Michigan to the parents of Terri Merrill of Lake, MI and Gerard Paulick of Green Bay, WI. James began…

Rodney Omans of Clare, MI, passed away unexpectedly on January 10th, 2023 at his home. He was only 59 years old. The family is both shocked and devastated by his death. Rodney was born on August 21st, 1963 in Alma,…

It has been that kind of month.You know what I mean. The kind where you lose something and then find it right in front of you…I just spent about a half-hour looking for my phone, but then that happens nearly…

We watch football together when the opportunity allows. In fact, we’ve viewed a lot of footfall in the same space through our many years together. We make odd viewing companions. He is, of course, a lifelong football fanatic, coming from…

by Ben Murphy Sports Writer After a tough loss to Ogemaw Heights just two days earlier, the Clare boys basketball team was able to bounce back in a big way on Thursday, Jan. 5. The Pioneers were hosting Jack Pine…

by Ben Murphy Sports Writer The Marion boys basketball team proved it was worthy of staying in the championship conversation in the West Michigan ‘D’ League on Tuesday. Hosting league-foe Brethren, the Eagles jumped to a lead after the first…

By John RaffelCorrespondent LAKE CITY – The Missaukee County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution at last meeting to adopt the community recreation plan.The resolution reads:“WHEREAS, The Missaukee County Planning Commission is the governmental body responsible for developing and updating…

By John RaffelCorrespondent LAKE CITY – At last week’s Board of Commissioners meeting, a motion was passed to waive the competitive bidding process and approve the purchase of seven Mobile Data Terminals (MDTs) from Tele-Rad for the total purchase price…

To her kiddos at the Eagles Nest Daycare at Marion Elementary, she’s simply Ms. Autumn.And while part of her job is changing diapers, and taking care of lunches and naps, her favorite part is the kids themselves.Watching their personalities grow,…

By Mike WilcoxPublisherMany of us watched pioneer newswoman Barbara Walters for many years. Whether on NBC or ABC, I always tried to watch her interviews with high-profile people at that time. I was saddened when I learned of her death…

By Pat MaurerCorrespondent The Clare City Commission got some good news at the first meeting of 2023 Monday evening.City Manager Jeremy Howard said in his report to the board that the City “has finally gotten a response from EGLE (Michigan…

by Ben MurphySports Writer The Farwell boys basketball team nearly overcame its slow start on Tuesday. The Eagles were hosting St. Louis in a non-league game, and lost 54-48.The visiting Sharks took a 13-4 lead after the first quarter. The…

by Ben MurphySports Writer The Marion boys basketball team was able to kick off the new year with a winning note on Tuesday. The Eagles, playing a non-league game at the Grand Traverse Academy, won handily, 65-18.Helping them score a…

On December 20, 2022, Kay L. Brown, 73, passed away peacefully at home with her husband Dewey at her side. She had been ill since diagnosed with lung cancer last January. She was born Kay Louise Alberts at home in…

It’s that time of the year again.A time for new – and renewed – resolutions. A time for new beginnings.In our conversations, we almost always ask, “What’s the best advice you’ve been given?”Perhaps some of this advice will help us…

Jack told me this week that a week from this Friday, will be Friday the 13th. We will only have two of those this year, next Friday and October 13, which also falls on a Friday, of course.According to a…

The Gardener and I happily gathered with much of our family in the past month. It has been both joyous and retrospective. We shed tears of all kinds.On December 10, our number two granddaughter, now 25, married her middle school…