By Pat MaurerCorrespondent With the help of Clare Businessman Steve Letherer, the City will be able to begin the process to develop a third Industrial Park on the south side of the original Industrial Park.After the last lot in the North Industrial Park was sold to Renosol earlier this year, there were no more lots Read More…
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2022 Harrison Street Fair begins August 26
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent When the Old US-27 Motor Tour stops at Harrison, Friday afternoon, August 26th, they will be just a part of Harrison’s annual Street Fair on Friday and Saturday, August 27th with loads of activities to add to the annual Motor Tour celebration.Come, enjoy fun, family and friends at the annual street fair, Read More…
Car tour comes to Clare Thursday, Harrison Friday
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent “Back in Its Day It Was the Way!” That’s the slogan that marks the historic old US-27 Motor Tour, which will be making its 16th annual cruise through the center of Michigan all next week.Every 3rd week of August The Old US 27 Motor tour does a 11-City 6-day Motor Tour of Historic Read More…
Pat’s Bits and Pieces: Suddenly, signs of Fall
The dog days of summer are here. They always set the backdrop for certain activities, high among them everything involving the back-to-school rush. This week students picked up schedules amid the final paving of the MHS drive and parking lot. It seems this project has been going on all summer. School starts soon and that Read More…
Faces in the Crowd: Clare and Deb Wood
Although Marion wasn’t home in the beginning for Clare and Deb Wood, Marion will always be home in the end.Clare, a ’69 Gladwin graduate, and Deb, a ’77 Marion graduate [who moved here with her grandparents in the 8th grade] met while working at Evart Products in the late ‘80s. Married in ’89, the couple Read More…
Schools, students prepare for 2022-23 year
By John RaffelCorrespondent School officials are getting ready for the opening of the 2022-23 school year.“McBain Schools is fully staffed with teachers, and we are ready for the 2022-2023 school year,” superintendent Scott Akom said. “We have posted and are accepting resumes for a school safety officer position. We are excited to add this position Read More…
Osceola commissioners approve school resource officers
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – The Osceola County Board of Commissioners voted to approve the Osceola County Sheriff Department to hire four school resource officers and to place them in the schools as soon as positions are filled.County commissioner Roger Elkins, of Evart, said there would be one resource officers for each of the county’s Read More…
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To the editor, The mission of the Saugatuck-Douglas History Center is to preserve local history and inspire learning to inform and improve our community. We are a volunteer-driven organization dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories of the people of Saugatuck and Douglas. The History Center acts as the community’s archive and its collective memory, Read More…
Familiar faces, new places as township realigns
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR It wasn’t musical chairs but close Aug. 10 as the Saugatuck Township Board: • Accepted supervisor Cindy Osman’s resignation and appointed her full-time building official/assistant zoning administrator; • Named clerk Abby Bigford supervisor to replace Osman; and • Appointed planning commission chair Rebecca Israels clerk replacing Bigford. Osman, who with Kathy Read More…
Saugatuck city seeks to fill 3 posts
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Saugatuck City Council has hired Frank Walsh Municipal Services to seek candidates for three city positions, two old ones combined plus a new one. A new combined zoning administrator and project manager, combining jobs recently vacated by Cindy Osman and Kate White respectively, stands to be best-paying at a projected $87,500 Read More…