A vehicle traveling too fast for conditions may have caused a vehicle to roll into the median Thursday morning, Clare Fire Chief Jim Chapman said.The Clare Fire Department was called to the scene on north bound U.S. 127 at mile maarker 164 around 10:40 a.m. Thursday. Another vehicle , possibly trying to avoid the first, Read More…
Mike,Truly enjoyed your column about small towns. My years may predate you a bit but I can take some of those memories to a next level.I well remember the parties at the gravel pits, but the real bonanza was when a buddy got the key to his dad’s hunting cabin out in the woods near Read More…
Dear Editor:The next couple of months roads will be full of ice and snow, making driving conditions dangerous. While there is little we can do to stop weather related accidents, there is a source of accidents we can do something about: collisions with wildlife. Every year millions of Americans hit wildlife on our roadways. Michigan ranks Read More…
Dear Editor,With Christmas and Hanukkah behind us, we look forward to the new year and New Year’s resolutions: to step away from social media, lose some weight, and, perhaps, to go vegan. Yes, that.A third of consumers report reducing consumption of animal foods. Hundreds of college campuses, schools, hospitals. and corporate cafeterias have embraced Meatless Read More…
Dear editor,Mike your son’s editorial was spot on. Henry Kenn and Sue Mackey don’t have a clue what they are talking about.Gun control is, having a steady hand as you press the trigger! What they are referring to when they use the term, gun control, is actually, people control!Gun are inanimate objects. They just lie Read More…
Dear Editor:49 years ago, the Supreme Court made one of their most influential and controversial decisions to date, legalizing abortion in all fifty states in Roe v. Wade.The debate still continues among Americans today: are you pro-life or pro-choice?“As believers,” we consider ourselves to be pro-life. To be content with the murder of lives forming Read More…
Editor,It didn’t take long for publisher Mike Wilcox’s son, Jordan, to catch blow back from his essay advocating universal gun ownership as a solution to gun violence.Of course, it’s a silly idea but I wonder if that might have been the intent.The kid is in college and I think that maybe in an English lit Read More…
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent Clare Fire Department is getting a new fire engine (pumper) this week. Clare Fire Chief Jim Chapman said the new truck, which was ordered last January, has been being built. The truck chassis was built in Charlotte and then taken to Sioux Falls, South Dakota where the fire apparatus portion was built Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – Osceola County commissioner David Turner, of Marion, was elected vice chairman of the Board of Commissioners at its organizational meeting on Tuesday.He will serve a one-year term as vice chairman, replacing Roger Elkins of Evart. Mark Gregory, of LeRoy, is serving a two-year term as chairman.Turner was elected to the Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – The Marion Village Council had its first monthly meeting of 2022 on Monday.“Our meeting was very quick and we basically had the usual business,” council president Flora Grundy said. “Nothing new happened at the moment to discuss except for the budget.“We will be having a special budget workshop meeting on Read More…