HARRISON – A 44-year-old Clare County inmate died Friday, July 9, reported Sheriff John Wilson Saturday morning.
     Ronald William Ross, Spring Lake, died after cutting a main artery in his arm, said Wilson, who indicated that Ross was being held on parole violations, concealing stolen property and weapons charges.
     Ross was found in the [...]

     HARRISON – Superintendent Tom House had his salary capped in the budget for fiscal year 2010-11 that the Board of Education approved at a special meeting June 28.
     The superintendent’s salary stands at $101,646 for a third consecutive year.
     According to business manager Jacob Sullivan, administrators are looking at a salary freeze for themselves.
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HARRISON – The Clare County Sheriff’s Department recently has been fined $650 for civil contempt of court for failure to return weapons to the owner, The Clare Sentinel has learned.
     Sheriff John Wilson had Undersheriff Rick Miller serve as his department’s spokesman after receiving a Sentinel request to talk about the fine last week.
     Miller [...]

BY JEFF GOYT
     Being an election year, there has been reference to good, bad and great leaders and there has been many promising the people, if they get elected, they will be a great leader. In school we have been told or have read of great leaders in our nation in the past.
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Clare Prosecuting Attorney Michelle Ambrozaitis

     HARRISON – The Clare County Prosecutor’s Office has decided that criminal charges will not be filed in connection with the accident that resulted in the death of a 49-year-old Harrison woman.
     Clare County Prosecutor Michelle Ambrozaitis had requested additional information from the Clare County Sheriff’s Department and that was [...]

HARRISON – A procession of qualified candidates and established emergency management directors have stepped forward to assist with Clare County’s effort to establish an emergency management program.
The emergency management director vacancy is advertised on the county Web site and was sent to the 13 counties comprising Region 6 of Homeland Security in the state. Commissioner [...]

HARRISON – A 44-year-old Flint man was arraigned Thursday afternoon on numerous charges after a high speed police chase Wednesday night that went through three counties reaching speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour, according to Clare County Sheriff’s Department officials.
Clare County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an alert from dispatch to be on the [...]

HARRISON – Charges against a 37-year-old Harrison man for violating the Law Enforcement Information Network dissemination rules were dismissed Friday.
Sandy Lane was charged in 80th District Court for violating the rules of disseminating information. Prosecutor Michelle Ambrozaitis issued a statement Thursday that charges were going to be dismissed.
“Based on new/additional information that came to my [...]

HARRISON – The Harrison City Council signed the resolution approving the amount of millage that will be collected for the city levy.
Harrison City Clerk Tracey Beadle said the old rate was 12.8074 mills, which will be decreased to 12.5730 mills.
“Our budget has an x amount of dollars needed. We set the millage rate from there,” [...]

HARRISON – A 28-year-old Harrison man was arraigned in 80th District Court Thursday on a criminal charge in connection with a breaking and entering in the Harrison area, according to police and court officials.
Jason Daniel Gerrish was arraigned on a breaking and entering charge in connection with a break-in at Computer Technical Services, 181 N. [...]