Betty Jane Bobon
Betty Jane Bobon, age 77 of Marion, passed away on December 16, 2021 at Munson Healthcare Traverse City Hospital. She was born on July 26, 1944 at Howell to Clifford and Elsie (Henning) Parker. She married Peter Bobon on March…
Kevin D. Allen
Kevin D. Allen, age 54 of Gladwin, formerly of Lake, passed away Thursday, December 16, 2021 at home. Kevin was born the son of Richard and Daisy (Phelps) Allen on December 19, 1966 in Goodrich. He had served his Country in the…
Robert G. Krell
Robert G. Krell, age 90 of Clare, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at the Pioneer Golden Estates Assisted Living Facility of Clare with his family by his side. On May 2, 1931, Bob was born the youngest…
Lola Marie Hagerl
Lola Marie (Sunday) Hagerl, age 99 of Clare, passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at Pioneer Golden Estates in Clare. Lola was born the daughter of the late John Andrew and Mable Mae (Hilborn) Hartman on January 21, 1922 in Clare. She…
Postcard from the Pines: Making Memories
We are spending Christmas in a new place, both mentally and geographically. We are looking forward to life in this new place with great anticipation. We can’t wait to add to those family memories.For the first eight or nine years…
Missaukee receives projected revenue loss
By John RaffelCorrespondent MCBAIN – Connie Underhill, of Baird Cotter Bishop, was at last week’s Missaukee County Board of Commissioner meeting and reviewed the report she prepared regarding Missaukee County’s revenue loss calculation during the Covid-19 pandemic, as required for…
Missaukee board approves response plans
By John RaffelCorrespondent MCBAIN – The Missaukee County Board of Commissioners, at its meeting last week, review and approved the proposed Covid-19 and Infectious Disease Response Plan.Commissioners also approved the Agreement for Services with Alliance for Economic Success for $10,000…
Evart police news
By John RaffelCorrespondent Evart Police DepartmentWeekly ReportDec. 13-20Dec. 13: Child Endangerment – Officers were called to investigate a child endangerment complaint. The case remains open at this time.Dec. 15: False Alarm – Officers were dispatched to a local business for an…
Clare BOE pays tribute to fall sports teams
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent Clare’s football team was honored at the regular Board of Education Meeting Monday evening.Varsity Coach Kelly Luplow said it was “a challenging year” for the team, who finished with a 7-4 record. He is expecting great things…
Obituary-Susan Lynn Gladkowski
Susan Lynn Gladkowski passed away at the age of 60 on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, after suffering complications from COVID-19.She was born on July 26, 1961. Sue enjoyed fishing, camping, hunting, sitting around the bonfire, sewing, crafting, painting, cooking, spending…
Midland man dies in house fire
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent A 72-year-old Midland County man died in a house fire last Friday morning.According to a release from Midland County Sheriff Myron Green, Deputies were called to the East Bradford Road home in Mount Haley Township to assist…
Clare named one of top ten small towns
According to Hotels.com Clare is one of the top ten small towns in Michigan. In fact, according to the listing, it is number one. Here is what the authors write about Clare:Michigan is a favorite destination for vacationers throughout the…
Jack most popular male baby name in 2021
Teachers at area elementary schools are going to have plenty of “Jacks” in their deck of student names for years to come. For the fourth time in five years, Jack and all spelling variations including Jackson, Jaxsen, Jaxson, Jaxton and…
Christmas Bells – Holds hope for today
Each year has its challenges, and 2021 has been no different. Accusations of voter fraud and unfair elections led to the horrific and unfathomable attack on the Capitol in Washington DC, the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan brought more…
A look at last week’s high school sports action
by Ben MurphySports Writer Clare boys pick up 41-27 win over Shepherd The Clare boys basketball team was able to keep their top spot in the Jack Pine Conference standings, thanks to a home win over Shepherd on Thursday, Dec.…
Clare Bowling Results
League Name: CLARE MEN’S LEAGUE President: Doug Scott Vice President: Matt Burton Secretary: Joel Warner Association: ClareCo USBC Date Bowled: 12/15/2021 Week 15 Lane Assignment for Week(s) 16 Lanes: 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 12/22: 10-4 3-1 8-5 2-7 9-6 Treasurer is on lane 7- 8 …
Farwell Middle School Honor Roll
7th GradeMia AutrySarah BosleyHope BrowneAiden ConnCarlie CutlipAdrian DeMatteoEvelyn DeweyLucas DickinsonSarah EnsignGabrielle FickHunter GreenTeconnama HammondNatalie HilyardWillow HooperAva-Rose JobeBailee LamontColelee LintonZoe MaynardMillie McAulayPayton McCrackenAreanna SandovalEli ShermanBlake SholesEmmalynne SholesCooper StoverIsabelle Wilkerson 6th GradeDarlow AbbottDavid AckerEmma BarnettHarmoni BeaversJordan BlainGabrielle BorowskiJustin CoburnEmma DarnellMariah DegeerTrinity DegeerMya…
Mikes Musings – Gun violence can be solved by adding guns
By Mike Wilcox – Publisher I thought I would pass my opinion spot in this week’s newspaper along to my son Jordan Wilcox who is this newspaper’s tech manager. He wrote this unique perspective on gun violence and I wanted…
