By BEN MURPHY Cleaver Sports Writer Harrison shut out host Pinconning in the second half of the two’s Jack Pine Conference football game last  Friday. The Hornets used that solid …

  By BEN MURPHY Cleaver Sports Writer The Harrison volleyball team has been red hot of late. The Lady Hornets topped host Pinconning on Wednesday, Oct. 1, and their four set Jack Pine …

By BEN MURPHY Cleaver Sports Writer Coming off losses in back-to-back games, the Clare football team was hoping to right the ship on Friday. The Pioneers certainly did that, as they took …

  By BEN MURPHY Cleaver Sports Writer Some extra work paid off for the Clare volleyball team last week. Playing at Bullock Creek in Jack Pine Conference action, the Lady Pioneers …

By BEN MURPHY Cleaver Sports Writer The second Jack Pine Conference jamboree of the season was held at Ogemaw Heights on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Shepherd was the winning team in both races, …

The Gathering United Methodist Church at 3090 N. Clare Ave will be holding its final worship service at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 26. The Gathering was launched on April 9, 2006. The General Conference of …

By CLARA LINCOLNHOL Capital News Service LANSING – Meet former K-9 Maple. She made a big career switch earlier this year—from a human remains detection dog to a beekeeper at …

By DIANNE ALWARD-BIERY Cleaver Senior Staff Writer HARRISON – The September meeting of the Clare County Airport Committee began with approval of the day’s agenda and August 2025 …

Richard Clyde “Dick” Walker Jr., 91, of Lexington, Kentucky passed away peacefully on Monday, September 22, 2025, surrounded by his family. Richard was born on September 25, 1933, to …

The Thirsty Thursday Golf League, The American Legion Post 558 and Firefly Golf Links joined forces to donate $1,500 to help feed children in our community.  The donation was to the Clare Area …

The forest grows dark once again this October as the Deadwood Grove Haunted Forest returns to Mid Michigan College’s Harrison campus. Hosted by the College’s Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) …

A half-inch of rain overnight helped firefighters make headway on the Benzie Road Fire near Houghton Lake, which is now about 95% contained. Michigan Department of Natural Resources fire crews …

By CARLY KALKAUSKI Hunters Feeding Michigan student assistant Michigan Department of Natural Resources Hunger isn’t always obvious. It can show up as the quiet gnaw in a child’s …

  With fire danger extremely high across much of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula today, firefighters are working near Houghton Lake in Roscommon County to contain a …

By DIANNE ALWARD-BIERY Cleaver Senior Staff Writer HARRISON – Initial actions at the Sept. 23 Harrison City Council meeting included Adoption of Sept. 8 meeting minutes for both the …

By BEN MURPHY Cleaver Sports Writer It’s still the middle of the high school football season, but Friday’s road Jack Pine Conference game at St. Louis felt like an important one …

  By BEN MURPHY Cleaver Sports Writer Two days after getting a Jack Pine Conference win over St. Louis, the Harrison volleyball team stacked up another league win on Wednesday, Sept. …

By BEN MURPHY Cleaver Sports Writer Top to bottom, the trip to Standish-Sterling on Wednesday, Sept. 24 was a pretty good one for the Clare volleyball team. The Lady Pioneers took down the …

Mark Alan Huizinga, age 54 of Harrison, passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at Medilodge of Clare. He was born the son of Roger Huizinga and Patricia Geelhoed on July 4, 1971, in Grand Rapids. …

               Loren W. Schreiber II age 55 of Harrison, passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family on …