By Pat MaurerCorrespondent After a couple of quieter years of celebration, the 48th Clare Irish Festival will be in full swing this year with most of the traditional events plus some brand-new ones!Some of the great events to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day have already begun and will continue even after the 2023 festival winds up.The Read More…
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent David Matthew Wood, of Helena, Montana, will spend from 10 to 20 years in prison for shooting at officers at the Clare Best Western Motel in July of 2020.A call to Clare police about a domestic dispute at the north end of the City just after midnight Monday morning July 27, 2020 Read More…
Pete and Megan Ashby have lived an adventurous life.For the last 15 years, they’ve lived the pipelining life, moving from state to state, place to place. Where Pete would be on the job, the family would follow. They made some big moves.But they’re now making an even bigger life move.They’re settling down.From their beautiful little Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – Osceola County gas prices remain among the lowest in the state, according to AAA.The average price per gallon in Osceola County is $3.279.This compares to the other area counties with Mecosta County at $3.339; Wexford County a $3.378 per gallon. Missaukee at $3.345. Clare county at $3.295; and Isabella County Read More…
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Last week’s ice storm created skaters’ waltz conditions for homes, schools and offices, causing multi-day closures, power outages, trees down and roadway slide-offs. From 10 p.m. to 11 a.m. late Wednesday through Thursday morning, Feb. 22-23, the Saugatuck Township Fire District answered nine service calls, reported IT Director Erik Kirchert. No. Read More…
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Calvin College English professor and “Refugia Faith” author Deb Reinstra has lent herself to Lent observations at All Saints’ Episcopal Church at Hoffman and Grant streets, Saugatuck. Reinstra, who knows woods and waters here through her in-laws’ home on Douglas harbor, will discuss the book’s finding-refuge theme Saturday, March 11, in Read More…
By Paul GarrodStaff Writer PAW PAW – “He was the definition of what the Paw Paw Volunteer Fire Department is,” said the Paw Paw Fire Chief in recalling Paw Paw Fire Department member Lt. Ethan Quillen, who was tragically killed Wednesday, Feb. 22, while responding to a fire call of downed power lines in Almena Read More…
By Paul GarrodStaff Writer PAW PAW – Funeral services will be held Saturday at Paw Paw High School’s Performing Arts Center for Paw Paw Volunteer Fire Department member Lieutenant Ethan M. Quillen, who was tragically killed in the line of duty Feb. 22, as he responded to a fire call in Almena Township.The fire department Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor A planning grant from the State of Michigan could allow Otsego Public Schools to expand access to health care for its students with on-site services.OPS recently learned it was selected as one of 26 districts throughout the state to receive the Child and Adolescent Health Center Program Planning Grant through the Read More…