Sturgis Neighborhood Program held an open house and tour Oct. 29 to unveil a new home at 805 N. Nottawa Street. The open house was attended by SNP board members, Sturgis city manager Andrew Kuk and city commissioner Linda Harrington. The home is a 1,100-square-foot house (3 bedroom, 2 full bath). The project required about six months Read More…
By Dennis Volkert At its meeting Nov. 12, Sturgis City Commission plans to hold a second reading of a proposed ordinance for curbside recycling. The board’s first review was conducted at the Oct. 22 meeting.Curbside recycling was offered citywide beginning in 2008. The current contract with Borden Waste Away ends Dec. 31. Renewal would involve a $6 Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — Two major millage renewals on the November ballot around St. Joseph County were approved by voters Tuesday.Countywide, voters overwhelmingly approved the county’s 911 services operating millage renewal and reduction, while in the Constantine Public Schools district, their operating millage renewal was approved by a slimmer margin of Read More…
By Mike WilcoxOwner/Publisher Every year, as the Christmas season draws near, I’m reminded just how generous our communities can be. For nearly two decades, Wilcox Newspapers has hosted what’s become one of my favorite traditions: our Annual Christmas Wish Program.It started simply enough. We asked readers who were struggling to write in and tell us Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent CLARE — The Clare boys cross team ended their season 11-1 in Jack Pine Conference action, finishing as JPC runners-up.“They finished eighth in the fastest Regional in D2 (Benzie), posting 5 of 7 career PRs on the day,” coach Adam Burhans said. “Being the smallest in D2 has been a challenge all Read More…
Most of us have a morning routine that includes bathroom duties, breakfast, medications, and all that goes with it. For most of us it has become such a habit that we don’t have to think about it. We just do it. One of the items that was missing for a long time in my morning Read More…
By Genine Hopkins On Tuesday, a special election was held in Clare County for both Gladwin Schools and Harrison Community Schools for bond proposals that in effect, would not increase the millage but maintain the millage amount for infrastructure. With 90% of the precincts reporting, both requests were voted down; in Harrison 54.01% voted against Read More…
By Lindsey Ashley At this Monday’s meeting of the City of Clare Commissioners, the board approved the proposed sponsor contracts from MDOT and Mead & Hunt for the rehabilitation of airport runway 4/22.Currently, the Clare airport has two asphalt landing strips: runway 4/22 and runway 9/27. However, the current runway conditions are far from ideal.In Read More…
By Genine Hopkins On Friday, two federal judges ordered the Trump Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to release the contingency funds for November SNAP payments. These orders come after USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins had ordered the states to suspend SNAP for the month of November due to the government shut down. At issue Read More…
Mike WilcoxOwner/Publisher Every year, as the Christmas season draws near, I’m reminded just how generous our communities can be. For nearly two decades, Wilcox Newspapers has hosted what’s become one of my favorite traditions: our Annual Christmas Wish Program.It started simply enough. We asked readers who were struggling to write in and tell us what Read More…