Severe storm damages Clare County with widespread outages
Severe thunderstorms hit Clare County causing extensive damage to trees and many telephone and power lines. Over 1,000 telephones were knocked out with main cables between Clare and Harrison downed. service expected to be restored by midweek. Tornado sightings reported but not confirmed. emergency crews mobilized across Clare and Farwell.
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Clare County
Clare
Doherty
Clare Bell Telephone Co
M.D. Thompson
Farwell
Thompséon
Harrison
Thompson
Bay City
George McQueen
Old Us-27
Morris Kapplinger
Five Lakes
Hatchery Road
Rodgers Road
Beaverton
Lake
Temple
Gus Aleck
Dutch auction sale at Garfield Memorial Library
Garfield Memorial Library opens its annual Dutch auction book sale on Thursday July 7 during regular hours. Books start at 50 cents on day one and drop 5 cents each day until the sale ends. The library seeks Clare High School yearbooks from 1925 to 1972 and will pay top prices for those in good condition. Call 386-7576 for details.
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Garfield Memorial Library
Clare High School
Slain Flint man identified in Clare County murder
Clare County Sheriff Department named Mack LaBranc 35 of 1415 Poplar St Flint as the murdered man found April 23 north of Harrison. He was shot in Flint then transported in a car trunk to the Harrison area and placed in a refrigerator, later burned amid shotgun blasts to hinder identification. One suspect is in custody facing murder charges. two others, including a woman, are sought. FBI Flint Homicide and Clare Sheriff’s Office coordinated the case.
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Clare County Sheriff Department
Harrison
Gus Aleck
Jeff Goyt
Mack LaBranc
Poplar St
Flint
FBI
Flint Homicide Division
Clare
East Lansing
Temple
Burglaries Hit Harrison Area Loot Across Stores
Clare County Sheriff investigates multiple Harrison thefts. Suspects pried entry to S and J Auto Sales on Mannsiding Road and Highway Expressway, stealing tools worth about 5000 and equipment valued at 10000. Snowmobile hidden nearby. Ken's Party Store lost 700, Budd Lake Hardware and Walraven Fruit Market also hit with unknown cash loss.
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Harrison
Clare County
Ken
N. Clare
Budd Lake Hardware
Walraven Fruit Market
Roadblock on US 27 aims to recapture jail escapees
Southbound traffic near Clare on US 27 backed up for seven miles as Michigan State Police set a heavily armed roadblock to pursue two prisoners who fled Osceola County jail in Reed City after knocking out the jailer on Monday night.
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Clare
Michigan
Osceola County
Reed City
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J. Wozciek
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J. Arnett
Lima
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Xenia
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M. Madigan
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J. Ricketts
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Ray Marie
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