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Busy End-of-Spring Weekend for Harrison Area

By DIANNE ALWARD-BIERY Cleaver Senior Staff Writer HARRISON – The 40th Annual Twenty Lakes Antique Engine and Tractor Show took place June 12-15, with visitors welcomed and treated to …

Military Conducts Survey at Airport 80D

By DIANNE ALWARD-BIERY Cleaver Senior Staff Writer HARRISON – Anyone noticing some folks in military camo strolling around during the week of June 9 at Clare County Airport 80D were …
Post Commander Scott Taylor (Army) places a flag for incineration, and Ralph Powell (Marine Corps) offers a respectful salute.

VFW 1075 Hosts Flag Ceremony

At 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 14, the Harrison VFW Post 1075 celebrated Flag Day by hosting a Flag Ceremony. Post members, Auxiliary members, family and friends commemorated those that have gone …

Multiple Agencies to Hold Training at Farwell Schools

Jerry Becker, CCEMHSD Director announced the Clare County Emergency Services and Homeland Security Division; Clare County Public Safety, and surrounding agencies will be conducting a Full-Scale …
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DNR staffers, from left, Angela Kujawa, Sherry Raifsnider and Miranda VanCleave work to remove a lid from an immobilized black bear. The bear had gotten its head stuck in one of two holes in the plastic lid.
DNR biologists remove lid stuck on bear’s neck for 2 years
In a case that highlights the importance of Michigan’s bear-baiting regulations, state wildlife biologists in Montmorency County recently removed a plastic lid from the neck of a young black …
Alissa Brandon sprints to third base
Clare edged out Gladstone in one versus two quarterfinal match-up
By BEN MURPHY Cleaver Sports Writer The Clare softball team’s tough road to the state finals included a thrilling 1-0 victory over Gladstone. The top-ranked Lady Pioneers edged the …
Grass Lake rally spoils Clare’s bid for state title
By BEN MURPHY Cleaver Sports Writer Needing just three more outs and facing the bottom of the order, things looked in good order for Clare to get its first ever softball championship on …
Tom Roland Plichta
June 23, 1942 – December 27, 2024
Tom Roland Plichta
                   Tom Roland Plichta age 82 of Harrison, peacefully passed away on Friday, December 27, 2024 at: The Niche …
From L to R: Carol Dunn, Kathy Brown, Dawn Brady, Ellen Fuller, and Camille Subject.
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) honor the 250th Anniversary of the United States Army
DAR of Michigan, State Regent Dawn Brady was the esteemed guest of Michilimacinac Chapter DAR in Clare on June 2, 2025. During the meeting, in honor of the 250 th anniversary of the establishment of …
Emmett counts down the sack race for his classmates.
4th-Grade Class Participates in Silent Special Olympics
By ETHAN WALLACE Cleaver Staff Writer HARRISON – For the first time, Harrison Community Schools held a Silent Special Olympics with Joshua Kreider’s fourth-grade class June 3 on …
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By DIANNE ALWARD-BIERY Cleaver Senior Staff Writer HARRISON – Topics of discussion and/or action at the past two meetings of Harrison City Council have been diverse. At the May 19 …
By DIANNE ALWARD-BIERY Cleaver Senior Staff Writer HARRISON – Clare County Clerk Lori Mott has been chosen to receive high recognition from the Michigan Fair Election Institute. The …
By DIANNE ALWARD-BIERY Cleaver Senior Staff Writer HARRISON – Hayes Township opened its doors last Thursday for an Unlock the Library event, presented by Harrison District Library …
BY GLORIA YODER One cold dark night in January of two years ago, the phone rang. It was one of the ladies in church, “Gloria, do you know how I could reach your sister Mary Grace right …
By BEN MURPHY Cleaver Sports Writer A little adversity is nothing the Clare softball team can’t handle. So, when the number one ranked Lady Pioneers fell behind 3-0 in the top of the …