By Pat MaurerCorrespondentA bomb threat made by a Harrison High School Student January 19 put the building into a ‘secure mode’ while law enforcement conducted a ‘sweep’ of the building and found nothing.Harrison Superintendent Judy Walton wrote, in a lengthy statement, that the threat was “verbal” and that the student that made the threat was Read More…
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent Clare County Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Steve Sentz, a ten-year member of the Road Patrol Division, was honored with a “Quilt of Valor” recently.A veteran of the U.S. Army, Steve served between 2004 and 2010 as a Military Policeman and served during Operation Freedom in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010.With the quilt, Steve Read More…
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent A 34-year-old Ogemaw County woman, Sara Elizabeth Burns, is the subject of an intensive search in northwestern Clare County.Burns, a white female described as 4 ft. 9 inches tall and 111 pounds with strawberry blond hair and hazel eyes, was reported missing on January 17 in Ogemaw County.A post by the Midland Read More…
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 the fiscal year of March 1,” council president Flora Grundy said.“We discussed several areas and Read More…
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 presentation on the process and to ask for the Village of Marion’s support,” council president Read More…
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 worked to become an electrician – working alongside mentors Chris Jackson and Chad Edwards. These Read More…
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Douglas Jan. 17 named planning commission, Kalamazoo Lake and Douglas harbor authorities member Greg Freeman city council member over ex-council and PC member C. Daniel Urquhart. Freeman replaces Phil Topper, a Douglas Cove bartender appointed in January 2022, then elected to council Nov. 8, who resigned 27 days later with a Read More…
The Saugatuck-Douglas Rotary Club is new organizer of Saugatuck’s perennial Venetian Festival, at least for 2023. The chapter board voted unanimously Jan. 13 to assume “provisional” leadership of the event. Previous organizer Cow Hill Yacht Club relinquished control in a letter to Saugatuck City Council, citing increased costs and complexity. Cow Hill leadership voiced hope Read More…
PAW PAW TOWNSHIP – A 27-year-old Sterling Heights, MI man, with several warrants, was arrested early Wednesday morning, Jan. 18, following a high-speed chase through Van Buren and Berrien counties, according to a press release from the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office.Van Buren County Sheriff Daniel Abbott reported that on Jan. 18, at approximately 12:45 Read More…
By Paul GarrodStaff Writer PAW PAW – A South Haven man, a Vietnam Marine veteran, who lost both legs in the war, was surprised Sunday afternoon in Paw Paw when he received a motorized wheelchair from the Paw Paw Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus and the Paw Paw American Legion Post 68.Glenn Higgs received an Read More…