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 start the game with some back ups and we were just not in sync,” head Read More…
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Clare bounces back with lopsided win over Pinny, 76-6
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, in what was both teams’ Jack Pine Conference opener.“Obviously we feel good after a win,” Read More…
Postcard from the Pines: Fire!!
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 long as we had one.Today, fire rarely rears its hot head within the village, but Read More…
Obituary: Bill Parkhurst
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 Bill.Born in Cadillac, Michigan on September 12, 1960 to Ted Parkhurst and Rose Mary Parkhurst Read More…
Obituary: LaVerne Rosena Barr
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 Wide in Ithaca. She went on to drive school bus for Ithaca Public Schools and Read More…
Pat’s Bits and Pieces: 911 Remembered
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 of innocence.Not many are still alive, but some are still able to remember Pearl Harbor Read More…
Faces in the Crowd: Clay Dougherty
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 Marion’s School Resource Officer, in conjunction with his work as a police officer with Osceola Read More…
County mulls health insurance for commissioners
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 Ladd provided some options for increasing pay for county commissioners and provided figures if they Read More…
Unemployment drops 0.3 percent in Osceola
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 counties for the lowest unemployment rate. Osceola is tied with Clinton, Emmett and Wayne counties.Livingston Read More…
Osceola agrees to contract with MMDC
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. 6, 2022.“They also do Isabella and Clare counties,” commissioner Roger Elkins of Evart said. “It’s Read More…