HARRISON – Clare County Prosecutor Republican candidate Michelle Ambrozaitis has been aggressively campaigning about her pledge to improve the efficiency and reaction time of the Clare County Prosecutor’s office if she is elected.
However, her incumbent Democratic opponent, Norm Gage, Clare County prosecutor, believes Ambrozaitis’ criticisms of his handling of the office are inaccurate.
One of the [...]

HARRISON – Clare County Administrator Bill Newkirk gave the Clare County Board of Commissioners another update on the budget during the board’s meeting Wednesday, Aug. 13, once again saying that the county needs to bring in around $6 million total for the months of August and September.
“This year to date, we’ve brought in $5,829,327, so [...]

CLARE CITY COMMISSION
 Monday, September 15, 2008 6:00 p.m.
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    CLARE — The Clare Downtown Development Authority/Main Street Board, along with some local business owners, discussed the possible effects of a new liquor license being issued during a special meeting on Thursday, Aug. 28.
The board eventually voted to approve the liquor license application from Larrabee’s Restaurant and recommend it to the Clare City Commission.

CLARE - A poll of more than a dozen area Michigan cities revealed that most police chiefs and all city department heads work without a contract in contrast to the City of Clare. Chief Dwayne Miedzianowski, Clare Police Department, was recently signed to a five-year contract with the City of Clare, joining the ranks of [...]

HARRISON - Judge Roy Mienk of the 55th Circuit Court gave 17-year-old Kasee Marie Nicholson some stern words of warning as he handed down her sentence Monday, Aug. 25.
“I believe you are worth saving,” Mienk said. “I’m going to work with you. But if you don’t do what you’re told, you’re going to come back [...]

 HARRISON - For five days after Kassi Marie Nicholson allegedly stabbed Britanie Budd, Budd’s life hung in the balance.
“(The knife) punctured my lung and my lung collapsed,” Budd said. “It was a hair from my heart; they had to put three different chest tubes in.”
“It was touch-and-go for about five days, whether she was going [...]

    Seventeen-year-old Kasee Marie Nicholson, represented by Ghazey Aleck, was sentenced Monday, Aug. 25 in front of Judge Roy Mienk of the 55th Circuit Court on one charge of assault with a dangerous weapon (felonious assault). She pleaded to the charge Wednesday, July 30, in exchange for five other charges - two counts each of [...]

FARWELL - The results of an audit conducted of the Farwell Area Schools finances revealed that the district’s fund equity decreased by $205,000 by the end of the 2007-2008 school year.
The audit’s findings were discussed during the Monday, Aug. 18 meeting of the Farwell School Board.
“Our fund equity for 2007-2008 ended at $1.117 million, and [...]

Weddings from Aug. 20 through Aug. 29

Jessie Linn Rodgers and Donald Robert Garcia were married on Aug. 22, 2008.
Angella Marie Jezewski and Joshua Davis Akans were married on Aug. 22, 2008.
Kelly Jean Kosnik and David Lowell Wright were married on Aug. 22, 2008.
Denise Darlene Neff and Orville William Goschka were married on Aug. 23, 2008.
Lorraine [...]