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Inaugural Essay Contest Celebrates Love of the Library

By ANGELA KELLOGG-HENRY Cleaver Managing Editor FARWELL – Surrey Township Public Library celebrated National Library Week by creating a “Why I Love My Library” essay …

State Agencies Collaborate to Help Protect Children from Unintentional Firearm Injuries

LANSING, MICH. – The Michigan State Police (MSP) and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced today they are partnering together to protect children from unsecured …

Amish Cook-Bubble Up Pizza

Seventeen children came beaming in the doorway. There was a slight shuffling as they placed their coats on the couch and lined up in three rows to sing. Our country school next door was having a …

Northern Michigan Alliance for Children invites you to celebrate Child Abuse Prevention Month this April

Northern Michigan Alliance for Children invites you to celebrate Child Abuse Prevention Month this April Northern Michigan Alliance for Children (NMAC), is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit child advocacy …
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Amish Cook-Emergency Biscuits
Spring is bursting in splendor. Birds sing the sweetest of songs in melodious chirps, grass is growing tall enough to mow, and the garden is being tilled. Spring. Could life be any better than in …
Marlana Terrian, Central Dispatch director, left, provides the Clare County Board of Commissioners with an in-depth overview of what her department provides for the people it serves. Sheriff John Wilson accompanied Terrian at the March 20 meeting.
Commissioners Get 911 Central Dispatch Center Update
By DIANNE ALWARD-BIERY Cleaver Staff Writer HARRISON – The March 20 meeting of the Clare County Board of Commissioners was a meeting of presentations. In addition to the Veterans …
A full-house standing-room-only crowd attended the Feb. 28 informational meeting presented by the Clare County Road Commission. Speakers pictured, (standing) from left, are Lt. Steven Sentz of the Clare County Sheriff Department, Officer Jessica Penn of the Michigan State Police Motor Carrier Division-Lakeview Post, lead host CCRC North Road Maintenance Foreman Brian Coon, and (seated) Delores Thomas of the Michigan Center for Truck Safety.
Rules of Road Wide-Ranging, Essential
By DIANNE ALWARD-BIERY Cleaver Staff Writer HARRISON – Attendance at what was the Clare County Road Commission’s second offering of a truckdriver’s informational meeting …
Filing deadline approaching for candidates seeking office in 2024 elections
  LANSING ,  M ich. - April 23 is the filing deadline for certain candidates seeking office in 2024 to appear on the Aug. 6 primary …
Karl Hauser, Clare County Veterans Services director, provides a comprehensive overview of services provided by his department, as well as statistical data for previous fiscal years. Seated with Hauser is Allisha Gary, veterans service officer.
Commissioners Hear Veterans Services Update
By DIANNE ALWARD-BIERY Cleaver Staff Writer HARRISON – The March 20 meeting of the Clare County Board of Commissioners saw three presentations, one of which was the annual update on …
Monica M. Weaver
March 15, 1951 - April 3, 2024
Farwell Woman Dies in Single Car Crash
On 04/03/2024 at approximately 2:55 pm, Clare Central Dispatch received a call of a traffic crash on W Ludington Dr, at Conlay’s Café, west of the Village of Farwell.  It was …
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By Megan Barron Cleaver Guest Writer FARWELL – The highly anticipated Hammerin’ Hank’s bar in Farwell made its soft opening debut just before St. Patrick’s Day on …
  As part of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Deer Management Initiative process, several members of the group have collaborated with a social …
WEXFORD COUNTY, MI. On Sunday, March 31, 2024, at approximately 3:00 a.m. troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Cadillac Post stopped a vehicle on southbound US-131 near Exit 176 in Clam Lake …
THE AMISH COOK BY GLORIA YODER “May we keep it- and give it some milk?” “Of course you may feed it, we’ll see about keeping it.” In a short order …
Middle and high school students from Beaverton, Farwell, Harrison, Gladwin and Coleman who are participating in the SPARKS and Ignite programs, came together Saturday, March 2 for an exciting …