National Police Woman Day is celebrated each year on September 12.The day acknowledges and celebrates the contribution of female police officers who enforce law and order around the country.Today only roughly 10% of the police force in the United States…

Lee County investigators are searching for a police impersonator who pulled over a young woman near Dudley Lumber just off Hwy 280. The incident happened along Lee Road 183 in Salem Wednesday afternoon around 4:15. Detectives say the young woman…

The front page article last week indicated Ladies Night in LaFayette was sponsored by Vision LaFayette. In actuality it was sponsored by the Greater Valley Area Chamber of Commerce. Two sponsors were left off- Gimme Some Sugar and Krave Korner.

Eastside Elementary School celebrated Grandparent’s Day on Friday, September 9th, between 8:00 a.m and 9:00 a.m. The Grandparents were greeted and celebrated with lots of love, smiles, hugs, pictures, entertainment from the students. They also enjoyed a delicious breakfast.

Two men were killed and four others were hospitalized in a traffic crash in Chambers County on Labor Day. According to officials with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, the deadly crash happened 5:40 a.m., Monday, Sept. 5, on Alabama Hwy…

Lanett police charged a man in connection to a June robbery that led to shots being fired at the Greenwood Church. Lanett Police issued a press release to local media regarding the incident. “On September 12, 2022, Nicholas Walton, 19,…

LaFayette police confirm a body was found in the LaFayette Cemetery around 8:30 am on Sept 10. No additional information was available at press time.

By Pat MaurerCorrespondentA hunger strike reportedly protesting the food at the Clare County Jail that started last Thursday only lasted a day and a half according to officials at the facility.Undersheriff Dwayne Miedzianowski reported that the “hunger strike,” which involved…

By Pat MaurerClare’s Ideal Theatre, closed since the beginning of the pandemic, is in the middle of a massive renovation to restore the historic landmark in Clare.Now the new owners, sisters who grew up right here in Clare, will have…

by Ben MurphySports Writer After a week one loss, the McBain football team had hoped for a bounce back win at Beal City on Friday. The Ramblers ran into a buzzsaw though, dropping the Highland Conference contest 31-6.“We had to…

by Ben MurphySports Writer If there was a bad taste lingering after their week one loss to Freeland, the Clare football team certainly got rid of it Thursday, Sept. 1 in Pinconning. The Pioneers took down the host Spartans 76-6,…

Fire is no stranger to Marion. It remade the look of our town a couple of times and has selectively changed every neighborhood at some time in our history. The fire whistle struck fear in the hearts of Marionites as…

The following is the obituary that Bill Parkhurst wrote about himself before he died, quickly followed by the obituary his wife and kids wrote about him. Unorthodox and long, yes, but we have a lot to say about our sweet…

LaVerne Rosena Barr – Age 79 of Lake, Michigan passed away on Thursday, September 1, 2022. LaVerne was born to parents Clarence and Anna (Charter) Freed in Alma on November 18, 1942. Her first job was working for Wolverine World…

Sunday marks the twenty-first anniversary of the terrible tragedy of 9-11.Everyone over 70 remembers where they were, what they were doing and how they felt when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. It was truly the end of our age…

For those who’ve happened to swing by Marion Schools over the last couple of weeks, there’s a good chance they’ve seen one of the newer faces at the school: Clay Dougherty.Clay, a 2011 Farwell graduate, was recently hired to be…

By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – Osecola County commissioners were presented with a proposal this week at its meeting for the commisioners to be provided with health insurance.Commissioner Roger Elkins, of Evart, said no action was taken.Elkins said county administrator Tim…

By John RaffelCorrespondent Osceola County’s unemployment for July was at 4.7 percent according to data released recently by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB).This ranks Osceola County in a tie for 24th place among the state’s 83…

By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – The Osceola County Board of Commissioners voted at its meeting earlier this month to approve the board chair to sign the contract as presented by Middle Michigan Development Corporation with a start date of Sept.…

Jason WesseldykSports Editor After spending the past five years as principal at Lawrence High School, Thomas Reed has taken the same position at Otsego High School.Reed replaced Herve Dardis, who retired after a 22-year tenure at OHS.According to Reed, Otsego…