CLARE – The city of Clare will replace a water well, which is absolutely imperative to do, to ensure long-term service, City Manager Ken Hibl said at the July 20 meeting of the Clare City Commission. 
Construction was to begin immediately after commissioners awarded the contract to Raymer Well Drilling of Marne whose bid of $64,100 [...]

CLARE – The Clare School Board held their election of officers and re-elected the four former officers to their positions for another year.
At their meeting on Monday, July 20, the board voted Tom Weaver as President. Ben Browning as Vice-President, Carol Santini as Secretary and Sue Murawski as Treasurer.
The board set their meeting time as [...]

The Clare Sentinel recently received a citizen complaint saying an attempt to bring a relative to the Clare Police Department for a breathalyzer test could not be accommodated, the morning of Wednesday, July 8. The citizen further alleged it was because all of the officers were at their recently purchased business, Cops and Doughnuts shop [...]

CLARE – Krista and Jim Pohl celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary, and found an interesting hobby and business venture in the process.
“We started a year ago,” Jim said. “We went to Yellowstone last summer on our 25th wedding anniversary. We’ve always been intrigued by them [bison] and we fell in love with them. We came [...]

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HARRISON – The staff and students at Harrison schools will end up seeing CCSD Deputy Lucy Bohr’s face around their hallways next year after sheriff’s officials decided to keep her in the position.
Bohr has served as the Clare County Sheriff’s Department liaison officer in the schools for the past 10 years.
Previously, Sheriff John Wilson decided [...]

HARRISON – Clare County Prosecutor Michelle Ambrozaitis confirmed Friday morning that Bonita Hoffman was terminated by the prosecutor’s office as chief assistant prosecutor.
Ambrozaitis said she will go before the Board of Commissioners Wednesday to discuss filling the position.
The prosecutor offered no details for Hoffman’s abrupt departure on July 9 when questioned by email.
No mention of [...]

HARRISON – Clare County Commissioners agreed Wednesday to waive repair permit fees when 350 students and adults work on 55 projects in 12 townships this month.
But a similar request from the Clare County Transit Corporation Board of Directors preparing to build a $3.3 million transportation facility in Harrison is headed for oblivion.
Jerry Burger, executive director, [...]

HARRISON – The Clare County Board of Commissioners quickly enacted a revised set of construction permit fees, now in effect, Wednesday, July 1.
They reappointed members to the Construction Board of Appeals for two year terms to field complaints.
And they are expecting the Community Development department which oversees affordable housing development and building and electrical inspections [...]

FOX News was all over the Cops Doughnuts news story in Clare, Mich., this morning

 photos by Eric Echelbarger of The Clare Sentinel