After the annual event was downsized due to the pandemic last year, the 47th Clare Irish Festival is back this year with most of the traditional events plus some brand-new ones!The four-day event will include entertainment, food and drink specials, shopping deals and much more, the Clare Chamber of Commerce posted. You won’t want to Read More…
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Mid Michigan Health president dies in plane wreck
A press release Wednesday, March 9 announced that MyMichigan Health President and CEO Diane Postler-Slattery, Ph.D., FACHE, 63, and her husband Don died following a fatal plane crash in northwest Florida Tuesday evening.“This is a great tragedy for our health system,” Executive Vice President and COO Greg Rogers said. “Diane was a strong, passionate and Read More…
Grant Twp approves plan to expand township hall
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent The Grant Township Board approved a plan for an addition on the west side of the Township Hall at Tuesday’s regular meeting. The plan, one of three discussed at the last meeting, would, “keep the disruption of our current floor plan to a minimum,” Supervisor Dan Dysinger said.He said, “it is proposed Read More…
Postcard from the Pines: Time to Think Garden
The seed catalogs started coming right on time with the new year. Their goal by putting juicy tomatoes and bright zinnias on the cover is to get us all excited to garden, even when the snow is swirling. By March we all know that our gardens are out there, calling us to make a plan Read More…
Pat’s Bits 7 Pieces: Thing Spring–and green, It’s Irish Festival
March so far has been quiet…and cold.I don’t know if that qualifies as “in like a lamb” or not, but it certainly hasn’t been warm enough for signs of spring this week, although the sun has been shining quite a bit.In fact it has been shining so much, and snowing, and raining, that I am Read More…
May I Walk With You? Journeying together
A long time ago, 1300s, Geoffrey Chaucer wrote a lengthy work called The Canterbury Tales. A group of people were on their way to Canterbury in England to visit the large cathedral there. As they walked along, each told the story of their lives to escape the boredom and to pass the time more easily. Read More…
Obituary: Dwight “Ike” Carpenter
CARPENTER, DWIGHT “IKE” RICHARD, age 69, of Mt. Pleasant passed away, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at his home.A Memorial Service for Dwight will be held at Clark Family Funeral Chapel on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at 11 a.m. with Benjamen Evers officiating. A Luncheon will immediately follow in the Reflections Reception Center. The family will Read More…
Obituary: Tammy Pauline (Lovett) Rynearson
Tammy Pauline (Lovett) Rynearson, 57, passed away surrounded by family after battling a short illness February 18, 2022, at University of Michigan Hospital. She was born September 1, 1964, in Garden City, MI, the daughter of Charles and Pauline Lovett.Tammy graduated from Farwell High School, Class of 1982. She then went on to receive her Read More…
Obituary: Katherine Elaine York
Katherine Elaine York, of Marion and formerly of Arkansas, passed away on Monday, March 7, 2022 at Autumnwood of McBain. She was 82.Kathie was born on September 22, 1939, in Marion, MI to Herbert and Josephine (Beebe) Vanderhoof. She entered into marriage with Leroy York, who preceded her in death nine years prior.Kathie moved back Read More…
Obituary: Gordon Ralph Brettingham
Gordon Ralph Brettingham – Age 83 of Weidman, went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Friday, March 4, 2022, surrounded by his loving family. Gordon was born in Hamtramck, MI on August 25, 1938, to parents Ralph Lowell and Matilda Marie (Shepard) Brettingham, one of nine children. After high school, Gordon joined the Read More…