HARRISON- Coaches of the Harrison winter sports teams are ready for the new season to begin.
Wrestling coach Jim Gross said his team has already been practicing and the guys look good and are motivated to have a great season. They are not a big team but have several returning wrestlers and several new guys.
“They have [...]

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FARWELL-The Mid Michigan Community Action Agency recently received a check for $442,936 from USDA Rural Development Tues. Nov. 25, at Farwell Preschool.
The check included a $19,000 grant for the MMCAA’s Farwell preschool playground, $19,000 Housing Preservation Grant and a $400,000 low interest loan for their new food warehouse. This warehouse is the former Wicks and [...]

HARRISON-Each year, the Harrison Chamber of Commerce holds a tree lighting ceremony in remembrance of community members who have passed away along.
This year, the ceremony was held at Hillside Elementary in Harrison Nov. 25 at 7 p.m. Over 60 members of the community came to the event to remember their loved ones who have gone [...]

CLARE- Girls’ basketball coach Scott Chaffee said his team seems to have good spirit and are building camaraderie since practice.
The team is fairly new, a completely different group than last year, Chaffee said. Right now, the team is in a bonding phase, where they are learning to work with each other and make friendships.
“I think [...]

FARWELL- Farwell Area Schools Athletic Director Dee Yarger said she is looking forward to a very successful winter sports season.
“The number of athletes out for winter sports is huge and adrenaline is pumping throughout our buildings,” Yarger said.
She said the wrestling team has a full roster and brings back student-athlete leader Chris Weber who is [...]

CLARE COUNTY- Local attorney Michelle Ambrozaitis has plans on improving efficiency, instituting office policies and reducing warrant backlog when she takes office in January.
She was running against Democratic incumbent Prosecutor Norm Gage. She will begin prosecuting cases for the county beginning Jan. 1, 2009.
“I am very excited about the results (of the election) and I [...]

CLARE- For the second year in a row the Clare Schools Christmas Bartering program has proven successful in collecting commodities for those who need them in Mid Michigan.
Freshmen students of Clare High School make or create gifts for the program and then display them on a table around the gymnasium, while younger students from the [...]

Each of these people were sentenced in front of Judge Roy Mienk.
Joshua R. Barnard (D.O.B. 02/10/87), represented by Michelle Ambrozaitis, pleaded no contest to a charge of breaking and entering a building with intent on Nov. 14, 2008. As part of a plea agreement, another charge of breaking and entering a building with intent and [...]

CLARE- Several members of the Clare County Arts Council will be performing improvisational skits and reciting lines from familiar plays during the Clare Christmas Open House Sunday, Nov. 30.
These members recently formed a theater committee named “Acting Up,” in mid-Michigan.
According to a press release sent out by the group, the actors will be on various [...]