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Junior Achievement Students Present Business Plan Projects to City Council

By ETHAN WALLACE Cleaver Student Writer Harrison High School’s Junior Achievement Entrepreneurial Mindset class created two presentations: one about adding a rehabilitation/juvenile …

Woman Succumbs to House Fire Injuries

By DIANNE ALWARD-BIERY Cleaver Staff Writer HARRISON – The Harrison Community Fire Department was called out at 12:08 p.m. Saturday, May 11 to a residential fire at 6870 Carpenter …
Hangar/terminal building with airport overview.

Airport Committee Considers Hangar/Terminal Condition

By DIANNE ALWARD-BIERY Cleaver Staff Writer HARRISON – At the March meeting of the Clare County Airport Committee, a discussion of turf runway 9/27 repair was led by Scott Taylor. He …
Nicolas Patnode, 19, of Kalkaska poses with an illegal 9-point deer he killed in 2022. Patnode and Zander Garrett face a combined 14-charges after torturing a porcupine and illegally hunting throughout the county during October-November 2022. Both Kalkaska men are due back in court on May 20.

Kalkaska men arraigned, accused of torturing animals and illegal hunting

Nicholas Patnode, 19, and Zander Garrett, 20, were arraigned Monday in Kalkaska County District Court in Kalkaska for multiple wildlife violations that took place throughout Kalkaska County during …
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The pack breaks free as the 13th Annual Freedom 5k Run/Walk in memory of Robert Friese begins April 27 in Harrison.
Runners, Walkers Take On 13th Annual Freedom 5K Run/Walk
By DIANNE ALWARD-BIERY Cleaver Staff Writer HARRISON – The 13th Annual Freedom 5K Run/Walk, in Memory of Spc. Robert Friese and all those who have given the ultimate sacrifice, was …
MDHHS amplifies awareness and recognition of missing and murdered Indigenous people
LANSING, Mich. – Sunday, May 5 is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Day and serves as an opportunity to raise awareness, honor the countless lives that have been lost and …
Steve Scoville, superintendent of Farwell Schools read two books to third-graders as they ate their brown bag lunch as part of the Earth Day activities in the school forest.
Earth Day Celebrated at Farwell School Forest
By ANGELA KELLOGG Cleaver Managing Editor FARWELL – Farwell Schools celebrated Earth Day almost exactly the way Steve Scoville envisioned last year. Scoville, superintendent of Farwell …
Amish Cook-Hushpuppies
THE AMISH COOK  BY GLORIA YODER What a day to be remembered! When I first heard about the eclipse, I pictured something like the one we had seven years ago. As the days came close, I …
Black-legged tick (Michigan State University)
Climate change makes ticks a year-round pest in Michigan
By GABRIELLE AHLBORN Capital News Service LANSING – Michigan’s landscape is diverse, ranging from vast forests to urban areas, providing habitats for various wildlife, including …
Reed City’s downtown district.
Working-class Osceola County can’t afford to ignore politics, presidential election
By ARCHER GUANCO, DANIEL SCHOENHERR, ANNA BARNES and LAURETTA SHA Capital News Service REED CITY — In working-class Osceola County, 64-year-old ice cream server Teri Dudley recently found …

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  Clare, MI - On May 7, the Clare County Community Foundation asks you to "give where you live" by supporting their Give Local campaign. Give Local is a 24-hour giving day where community …
Goodbye, Rudi! Happy trails.
By DIANNE ALWARD-BIERY Cleaver Staff Writer HARRISON – Pretty much every pet owner in Clare County knows who Clare County Animal Control Director Rudi Hicks is. That’s how it is …
Homemade Amish granola bars (pressed in the pan before the chocolate is poured over it)
I glance back, I see memories. I look in the future, I see no certainty. I look at the moment and thank God for what I have right now. Now when I look too long at things I don’t …
Arthur Mullen, AICP, professional planner, describes the logic and data that is driving changes to the City of Harrison’s Master Plan, which was last updated in 2017.
By DIANNE ALWARD-BIERY Cleaver Staff Writer HARRISON – New businesses seem to be blooming in the City Harrison, and another one is planned for 215 N. Second St. Attending the April 9 …
Members of the Northern Michigan Alliance for Children, law enforcement, prosecutors, child protective services, community mental health, and medical providers gather April 12 to mark NMAC’s 10th anniversary and to sign the NMAC-multidisciplinary team agreements. Pictured, from left, are: (Front) Andrea Ream, NMAC Victim Advocate; Tonya Fenton, Victim Advocate Missaukee County Prosecutors; Desirea Woodworth, Child Advocacy Center Executive Director; Steve Townsend, Detective/Sargent Gladwin County Sheriff’s Office; Tom Evans, Clare County Chief Assistant Prosecutor; and Bill Sharp, Detective/Sargent Clare County Sheriff’s Office. (Middle) Catherine Brown, NMAC Community Outreach Specialist; Danielle Wood, NMAC Board Member/Director of Accounting Mann Construction; Michelle Ambrozaitis, NMAC Board Member/Clare County Prosecutor; Sara Miceli-Sorenson, NMAC Board Member/CMHCM Chief Clinical Officer; Courtney Atkins, Director of Clare/Isabella MDHHS; David Saad, Clare City Police Chief; and Brian Milikin, NMAC Board Member/Director of Midland/Gladwin MDHHS. (Top) Alexis Schafer, NMAC MDT Coordinator/Therapist; David Den Houten, Missaukee County Prosecutor; Wil Yancer, Missaukee County Sheriff; John Wilson, Clare County Sheriff; Mike Shea, Gladwin County Sheriff; David Johnson, Post Commander Michigan State Police Mt Pleasant Post; and Mark Toaz, Gladwin County Prosecutor.
A signing of the Northern Michigan Alliance for Children multi-disciplinary team agreements was held April 12 at the NMAC Child Advocacy Center in Harrison. NMAC is celebrating its 10-year …

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