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 – 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 [...]

     HARRISON – Two Farwell men recently were sentenced on an attempted assault charge as part of a plea agreement to close the matter without a second trial.
     The men faced charges that accused them of abusing a now 7-year-old Harrison boy. Jury deliberations lasted for more than two days before the hung jury resulted [...]

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HARRISON – Clare County is promoting a prescription discount card program that entitles cardholders an average savings of 20 percent off the retail price of commonly prescribed drugs.
Discount cards are now available at most Clare County pharmacies.
Posters and placards in places around the county advertise the county’s participation in the program sponsored by the National [...]

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 – The Mid Michigan Community College Board of Trustees voted to approve a retirement buyout for about 15 employees who qualify, at their Tuesday, June 2, board meeting.
Chief Financial Officer Lillian Frick said they are proposing a plan that would apply to 15 employees to buy out based upon their years of service with [...]

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. [...]