Downtown Clare crash knocks out power, leaves two injured
The Clare Police Department and multiple other public safety agencies responded to the two-vehicle crash at McEwan and 5th streets Saturday night. Occupants of the vehicles sustained minor injuries.Photos courtesy Clare Police Departmen The crash involved at a 2013 Chevy…
MyMichigan’s Clare hospital to break ground on expansion project
An artist rendering of the MyMichigan Medical Center Clare campus includes the expanded Emergency Department, additional private rooms and new main entrance, which are part of a $40 million investment to continue to provide excellent care in an environment where…
Misunderstanding leads to tense meeting in Village of Marion
Chrystal Clavier protests denial of park and path to citizens Marion’s Village Council hears citizen complaints William Zeilinger, Little League Director for Marion, expresses concern with lack of access to the baseball diamonds By Genine Hopkins What started as a…
Redding Township sees changes in Transfer Station contracts
Redding Township Trisha Martin explains issues with Transfer Station shortfalls 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…
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
Ryan Louch is an All-State baseball player for Clare. 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…
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
Bob Peters Bernie and Julie Sept 25 1950 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…
Man rescued after falling into corn storage bin
A man was rescued from this silo/corn bin Wednesday morning. A shoring container was placed around the trapped man so corn could be removed enabling a rescue. By Pat MaurerCorrespondent A man who fell into a corn storage bin Wednesday…
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
Matt Mohr, the Fair Board President, explains to the board and the audience that a loan from Horizon Bank is required to remain financially viable. VFW Auxiliary member Amy Simons and her daughter TeAnna worry about the future of the…
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
Ivy Russell 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,…
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…
