HARRISON – If a natural disaster were to befall Clare County, there is no facility suitable to shelter hundreds of residents for days or weeks that officials know of yet.
“It’s our duty to find appropriate shelter,” was a goal county Commissioner Jim Gelios shared with fellow commissioners Wednesday, June 18.
Gelios and Harrison resident InSung Oaks [...]

 HARRISON – Rumblings over Clare County’s crackdown on unpermitted building projects have grown louder and overlapped permit fees.
The county’s permit fee schedule has come under attack for being out of line and no one agrees more than Albert Esser, the county building official, and county commissioners.
“The fee schedules are confusing,” Esser said at the Wednesday, [...]

LOST - Big, tall Doberman mix, 4 years old, black male with tan markings and bob-tailed. Last seen on Beaver Road between Farwell and Clare today, Thursday, June 25. Responds to the name, Jake. Has a choke chain and chain with him … no collar. Call 989.339.5144 if you find him or have seen him. [...]

CLARE – The First Baptist Church in Clare has joined the Princess Project, which makes dresses out of pillowcases for girls in Haiti.
Pat McCarley, Work Project chairperson of the King’s Daughters, the ladies Missionary group of the church said the dresses are so simple and cute, but can change the lives of the girls who [...]

CLARE – Many local officials, gun owners and others see a strong new gun tracking bill as going a step too far in gun control legislation proposals.
Blair Holt’s Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 was introduced by U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush in January of this year. See related story on the proposed [...]

HARRISON – With estimated general fund revenue locked in at $9.5 million for the next budget year, Clare County Commissioner Jack Kleinhardt has called on reinventing county government.
Kleinhardt said the only options commissioners have are to eliminate services and positions or significantly increase revenue by raising fees and taxing services.
A forthcoming great debate will be [...]

     WASHINGTON, D.C. – A proposal on a strong gun tracking bill continues to wait for action, but may remain tied up in federal subcommittees and committees never getting to the U.S. House of Representatives for a full vote.
     Blair Holt’s Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 was introduced by U.S. Rep. Bobby [...]

Dear Editor:
On June 10th, our beloved family pet walked out a door that was ajar in our home and out of our lives.  We have done everything in our power to find him.  “Christmas” is our rust and white colored, 12 year old Shih Tzu and we’ve been owned by him since he was a [...]

COLEMAN – David James Sweeny has been in Iraq for a year.
The 20-year-old just returned to the United States and is scheduled to come back to Mid-Michigan on Monday, June 22.
His mother, Gwen Sweeny of Dave’s Super Service in Coleman said he joined the Army before he graduated from high school.
“At first I was not [...]

What started out as Jim Sage, the Harrison Moose administrator, winning a 5ft x 8ft American flag that our local VFW had raffled has blossomed into major event for the Harrison Moose Family Center. With the Moose Lodge’s “Blessing of the Bikes” at 12 noon Saturday, June 13, and Flag Day on the 14th, what [...]