Last Thursday evening Albion Department of Public Safety was dispatched to the 1300 block of Hillside Road in Albion for a trouble complaint that quickly escalated to a shooting. When police arrived they found 27-year old-Rajae Flowers-Taylor of Lansing with multiple gunshot wounds inside the apartment. Amaurion Alonzo Watts, 18, of Albion, who was involved Read More…
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Judge rules against J. Jeffers & Co on sale of Hayes Hotel
Photo by Elizabeth Ferszt Brian Loftin and Joshua Jeffers are the developers that previously had a contract to purchase the Hayes Hotel from the City of Jackson. By ELIZABETH FERSZT Contributing Writer After the sale of the Hayes Hotel to developer Collier Gibson was announced at last week’s Jackson City Council meeting, developer J. Jeffers Read More…
Farwell boys bowling coach reflects on season
By John RaffelCorrespondent FARWELL — Farwell’s girls bowling team was sixth among 10 schools in the Division 4 regional 29 tournament this season while the boys took 12th place.“It’s been a rough year for Eagle bowling with only six athletes,”Farwell boys coach Jesse Wardie said. “But every one of them worked hard to improve throughout Read More…
May I Walk with You? WHY RULES?
There seems to be a notion now-a-days that rules were established to control people, dominate them, that without them there would be chaos, and to take away freedom. I have even heard it said that religion and religious laws were established to simply dominate people by scaring them into submission. Some say that the main Read More…
Irish Festival STARTS MARCH 11 EVENTS GALORE
By Rachael Humphrey It’s that time of year again! The banners are up, windows are painted or covered in chil-dren’s drawings and the countdown above the Doherty bar nears zero. The 50th Annual Clare Irish Festival commences this coming week!This year, the festival begins on Tuesday March 11th and runs through Saturday the 15th. The Read More…
Former owner and longtime Review correspondent passes away
Jordan WilcoxAssistant Publisher It’s hard to put a face to inanimate objects, but almost everyone could agree that Patricia “Pat” Maurer was the face of the Clare County Review.Hired on as a staff writer by Review founder, J.L. Grim, Pat was involved with the paper for over 40 years.Her journalism career initially began at the Read More…
Mendon Drama Club to perform horror comedy ‘Elsewhere’ this weekend
Updated 9:21 a.m. March 7, 2025 By Robert TomlinsonNews Director MENDON — Students from Mendon, Centreville and Colon will showcase their acting chops in a horror-comedy play coming to Mendon this weekend. The Mendon Drama Club will be putting on a production of “Elsewhere,” a play written by Don Zoldis, this weekend at the Mendon Read More…
Saugatuck beats Loy Norrix in regular-season finale
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorIt was a case of David vs. Goliath when Division 3 Saugatuck hosted Division 1 Loy Norrix in a girls basketball clash on Thursday, Feb. 27.And as happened in the original battle, David earned a convincing victory.Led by the dynamic guard duo of junior Tali Laskowski and sophomore Mylah Simpson, the Trailblazers Read More…
Obituary: Yvonne Joyce Koppenaal
Yvonne Joyce Koppenaal, age 91, passed away surrounded by family on Feb. 21, 2025.Growing up, Yvonne entered the workforce at age 15, working as a “pinky” at Holland Hospital. She eventually began a long retail career in Saugatuck, where she worked at The Casual Man for over 20 years. There, she enjoyed sharing her eye Read More…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorOfficialI can’t tell you how pleased I am that President Donald Trump has named English America’s official language. Now politicians may actually speak it. Trouble is, there’s a flip side.To start, so long to “Saugatuck” and “Michigan” whose names come from Native American terms that are far less American than English.Adios also to Read More…