County seeks more and better police in Clare County
Clare County Prosecuting Attorney Richard Allen urged the county board to expand police coverage citing rising crime and 11 armed robberies in 18 months. He proposed boosting the sheriff’s road patrol or creating a separate county police agency with a hired chief, plus a central dispatch system and training for constables.
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Clare County
Richard Allen
Allen
Clare County Board of Commissioners
Sheriff Department
Michigan
Mt. Pleasant Post
Roscommon
Detroit
England
Clare
Farwell
Harrison
County Commission
Thomas Bradley
Donald Case
Michigan state song backed by Harrison man on Clare County vote
Clare County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution backing Ralph Carpenter of Harrison as the state song author. Carpenter, who wrote Song of Michigan, has support from State Rep. Ostling and Sen. Toepp. The board also approved paying Gus Aleck $14,776 for back pay and benefits after a court case.
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Clare
Gus Aleck
Circuit Court
Aleck
Clare County
Raymond Lippold
Lippold
Veterans Office
Paul Clark
Kiwanis Club Plans Advance and Downtown Newspaper Sale
The Clare Kiwanis Club will hold an advance sale of their newspaper on Wednesday December 15 and a downtown sale on December 17 and 18. Proceeds fund civic projects in the community.
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Clare Kiwanis Club
Clare seeks 797000 grant for Shamrock Lake area improvements
The Clare City Commission filed a Public Works grant for 797000 to fund water sewer and road work on the north side of Shamrock Lake. Federal support was barred by eligibility rules. residents may bear sewer costs otherwise. The report also covers US 27 paving plans and local parking space disputes and city hall space considerations.
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Clare
Shamrock Lake
Michigan State Highway Department
4Th Street
Chris Smith
Bob Beck
A.J. Doherty
Glen Cain
State Health Department
Cain
District Court
Armed Robbers Hit Mannsiding Gas Station for 239.55
Clare County sheriff reports two men in ski masks robbed the Mannsiding self service station last Friday and fled with 239.55. No vehicle seen. It marks the county’s 11th armed robbery in 18 months with several similar gas station holdups involving ski masked men. Mt. Pleasant has reported related incidents.
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Mannsiding
Clare County
New swine flu clinics scheduled in six Michigan counties
The Central Michigan District Health Department plans a new series of swine flu immunization clinics in Clare Arenac Gladwin Isabella Osceola and Roscommon Counties. The effort targets infants children and young adults with two injections one month apart and runs 1 30 to 5 p m except CMU site until 7 p m.
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Clare
Arenac
Gladwin
Isabella
Osceola
Roscommon
Central Michigan District Health Department
Health Department
Richard Nowak
Central Michigan University
University Center
Isabella County
Reed City
Harrison Commissioners
Roscommon Commissioners
Standish Catholic Center
Clare area blackout disrupts schools and 4000 residents
A morning outage lasting more than an hour hit Clare Farwell and nearby areas starting at 7 45 am caused by a breakdown at the Warren Township station near Midland Emergency lights came on at Clare Hospital and school children heard the lights return as 9 am approached If the outage persisted longer students would have been sent home
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Clare
Farwell
Warren Township
Midland
Clare Hospital
Santa Parade Through Clare Draws Helpers Saturday
Santa Claus visits Clare for a downtown parade on Saturday December 11 starting at 10 a.m. Participants meet at Lone Pine Restaurant 9 to 9 15 a.m. to join with cars trucks or sleds then parade travels south on McEwan Street to Gateway Ford. Santa remains downtown most of the day with additional hours to be announced.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Clare
Lone Pine Restau
McEwan Street
Lone Pine
Gateway Ford
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Harrison Man
Allan Kowalk
Toni Lester
Stamman
Don Case
Russell Eberhart
George Palmer
Nyle Haggert
Ackerman Plumbing
Wayne Berg
U.S
Weather Bureau
Clare City Hall
Clare Sentinel
Kiwanis Sale Set
Robert Beck
McEwan St
Bandits
Gladwin—Health
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