Downtown Clare crash knocks out power, leaves two injured
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent Downtown Clare was “in the dark” Saturday night after a two-car crash around 9:45 pm caused a power outage that lasted about eight hours, according to Clare Police Chief Dave Saad. He said the traffic light was…
MyMichigan’s Clare hospital to break ground on expansion project
MyMichigan Health will break ground on MyMichigan Medical Center Clare’s Expansion and Revitalization Project on Monday, July 15. The community is invited to join in the celebration set outside the Medical Center’s Emergency Department from 4 to 5:30 p.m.“MyMichigan Health…
Misunderstanding leads to tense meeting in Village of Marion
By Genine Hopkins What started as a misunderstanding between the new campground manager and citizens trying to utilize the park and path on the village owned portion of the fairgrounds in Marion, blew up Facebook and resulted in an extremely…
Redding Township sees changes in Transfer Station contracts
By Genine Hopkins At the June 19th regular board meeting in Redding Township, a vote was made to sign new contracts with Waste Management for the eight, 8 yard dumpsters that provides the township with free recycling, but a move…
Mike’s Musings: Assange finally freed, but more accountability needed
One could not escape all the clutter on the airwaves and internet concerning the debate between Biden and Trump this past week. The subject was pontificated on at length, everywhere. How badly did Biden, lose, everyone asked. Will he pull…
Clare baseball infielder earns All-State honors
By John RaffelCorrespondent CLARE – Junior infielder Ryan Louch from Clare earned all-state honors from the Michigan High School Coaches Baseball Association and for good reason.Louch played a huge role in the Pioneers drive to district and regional baseball championships…
Local softball team stays busy
By John RaffelCorespondent MARION – Marion softball coach Ryan Raymond is coaching a Michigan Expos summer team which was in action last weekend in a Traverse City tournament.Raymond’s team includes his daughter Malley Raymond and seven girls from Evart plus…
Obituary: Martin James Scott
Martin James Scott, age 74, of Farwell, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 17, 2024, at his home. Per Martin’s wishes, cremation has taken place at Daisy Hill Crematory in Mt. Pleasant. A Celebration of Life will take place at…
Obituary: Richard Lee (“Dick”) Snyder
Richard Lee (“Dick”) Snyder, age 95, died Wednesday, April 17, 2024, nine days short of his 96th birthday.Dick was the eldest child of Raymond and Esther (Winship) Snyder. He was born April 26th, 1928, in Buffalo, New York and spent…
May I Walk with You? MORAL CONFUSION
Recently, I’ve been talking about morality with some people who are confused. They tell me that the advice they get depends on the educated opinion of the person they are seeking advice from. They complained that even ministers, clergy, offer…
Pat’s Bits and Pieces: Summer Nights – I’m missing living on the Tobacco
This time of year the newspaper business is pretty hectic.Even though I do all of my work out of this “home office” now, some weeks it seems like I am just about glued to this computer chair.I find I have…
Postcard from the Pines: A chip off the old Block
It’s no secret that I am fond of old things and have, through the years, gathered a rather unusual collection of bits and pieces of Marion memorabilia. For example, I have a galvanized piece from a windmill ‘tail’ with Morton’s…
Man rescued after falling into corn storage bin
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent A man who fell into a corn storage bin Wednesday was safely rescued by emergency personnel.The Mt. Pleasant Fire Department got the call to assist in the rescue in northeast Isabella County at 7:31 am June 26…
4th of July celebrations, events all over area
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent Farwell Figure 8 and moreFarwell has some big plans in the works for the holiday weekend this year.TNT will present a Figure 8 Derby, Bump & Run, Gut n’ Go and a front wheel drive Demo Derby…
Payment issues, lack of attendance scar Marion Fair
By Genine Hopkins After this year’s Marion Fair ended on Saturday, June 15, 2024, concerned citizens and some concerned Fair Board members brought up serious concerns about how the finances were handled for the fair. This included a cancellation of…
Monday storm knocks power out to more than a thousand homes
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent According to reports from Consumer’s, downed trees Monday caused a power outage for 1,266 customers in Clare, Gladwin and northern Isabella Counties, with the most outages (749) listed in Clare County and 198 in Isabella County. Gladwin…
Area July 4thcelebrations and events plentiful around Marion
By Genine HopkinsArea communities will be holding numerous, family fun events. Below are just some of the incredible things to do in our area (Fireworks events are bolded and red): Saturday, June 29, 2024Fireworks in Houghton Lake at dusk. The show will…
Mike’s Musings: Lawmakers misbehavior goes unpunished
Nobody knows who, nobody knows why, but $17 million of our money (taxpayers) has been paid out to federal lawmakers accused of sexual (as well as other types of discrimination) misdeeds from 1997 to 2017.Personally, I think this is despicable.…
Russell posts solid season for Clare soccer
By John RaffelCorrespondent CLARE – Ivy Russell had a solid year for a Clare soccer team which finished as runners-up this season in the Divison 3 district tournament.“The key is communication and talking to each other,” Russell said, adding after…
Marion finishes at 14-15
By John Raffel MARION – Coach Ryan Raymond’s Eagles finishes the season recently at 14-15.“We had a lot of good players on the team,” he said. “We didn’t have that dominant pitching that we’re used to. We had some girls…
