YARD SALE BENEFITS LOVE INC

 
12 area churches are sponsoring a gigantic Yard Sale lasting three days this week, June 17,18 &19, at Brown’s Corner Church, north of Clare on old U.S. 27. 
One volunteer worked commented, “I worked all afternoon yesterday (Tuesday, June 15) sorting and pricing items and I have to say I have never in my life [...]

CLARE – More than $2,000 was raised for the Clare County Arts Council and the Pere Marquette Library on Thursday night at the Spare Chair Fair.
Forty chairs decorated by artists from Clare, Coleman, Lake, Harrison, Farwell, Lake Isabella, Mount Pleasant and Lansing were auctioned off during the Spare Chair Fair Auction, said Kim Gray, coordinator [...]

HAYES TOWNSHIP – Young people ages 17 and under will have the Hayes Township Civic Center for recreation this summer starting Thursday, April 30.
The schedule is 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays and 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays.
 There is no fee and no preregistration although there might be a sign-in sheet upon entering the gym, Hayes [...]

HARRISON- Josh Farrell wants to make a positive impact on not only the community, but the younger offenders that he sees come into his courtroom.
He said the District Court generally deals with a lot of misdemeanors, which is sometimes a person’s first offense.
“It’s usually the person’s first interaction with the courts as an adult,” Farrell [...]

LOOMIS- A 55-year-old Clare man barricaded himself inside his house for over three hours in Loomis Wednesday night, when two Isabella County Sheriff’s Deputies tried to serve him with a felony arrest warrant.
Thomas Louis Nault was taken into custody by sheriff’s deputies at approximately 11:35 p.m., and lodged in the Isabella County jail.
He was arraigned Thursday, [...]

CLARE- Last year, because of the sharp spike in fuel costs, the City of Clare spent $37,000 more than they had budgeted for fuel for the city’s vehicles.
Bob Bonham, City of Clare’s Director of Public works said for the budget year running from July 2007 to June 2008, they had approved a budget for fuel [...]

HARRISON- As a young officer, Clare County’s new undersheriff always knew he wanted to progress up the ranks to become an administrator in law enforcement.
“I knew someday I wanted to be an administrator,” Chad Stevens said.
Growing up in Cadillac after his father retired from the Navy, Stevens graduated from high school as part of the [...]

STATE OF MICHIGAN- As of Wednesday, Jan. 7, those who purchase a handgun in the state of Michigan no longer need to have a safety inspection performed on it by a police officer.
Representative Tim Moore from House District 97, who represents Arenac, Bay, Gladwin and Clare counties said in his conversations with the sheriff’s departments [...]

HARRISON- Newly elected Clare County Sheriff John Wilson has plans to restructure several different aspects of the Clare County Sheriff’s Department.
The first change he has made is with an administrative sergeant’s position at the department, who used to be in plain clothes and works out of the office, Monday through Friday.

CLARE- Six months ago, Clare Pulmonology and Sleep Center was opened to better serve those with sleep and pulmonary disorders in the area.
Dr. Timothy Macon has another clinic in West Branch as well, which has been open for eight years, where he sees, diagnoses and treats patients who come to him with a variety of [...]