Two Clare County homeowners woke up Sunday morning to find pieces of their mailbox scattered across the yard.

CLARE, Mich. - An elderly man was pulled from his burning central Michigan home by a motorist who stopped to help the homeowner as he tried in vain to save his pet dog.

Clare County sheriff's deputies were looking for vandals who blew up mail boxes early Sunday.

Clare Main Street and the Clare Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring a brand new event in Clare this month.

Misdemeanor charges against three Clare High School athletes for toilet papering a teacher's home last June have been dropped in Isabella County.

Fighting with a bout of bronchitis this week left me wondering what in the world I could write about.

Merit Network, Inc. announced a $33.3 million federal stimulus grant awarded January 20 to fund 80 percent of the cost of a 955 mile extension to the Ann Arbor-based research and education provider's existing 1,600-mile fiber-optic backbone network.

The Clare Fire Department is learning to save lives on local waterways. Assistant Chief Mike Sargent and training officers John Bouchey and Chad Calkins successfully completed the ice water rescue course, train-the-trainer. These members in turn trained a contingent of Clare firefighters to be able to respond when needed.

Mark A. Lightfoot says he wants the voice of mid-Michigan to be heard. Lightfoot, now the 53-year-old supervisor of Freeman Township in Clare County, said he intends to run as a Democrat for the state House 97th District, covering Gladwin, Clare, Arenac and northern Bay County.

A decision not to reappoint a member of the Parks and Recreation Committee for another term led to a sometimes heated confrontation at the Clare City Commission meeting Monday evening.

A Midwest milk cooperative has plans to turn the former Delphi plant in Coopersville into a milk processing plant, and the state announced a grant this week to help fund its development.

Detroit's archbishop Allen Vigneron called on the people of the archdiocese - and all those in southeast Michigan- to be as generous as possible in the relief efforts under way for the victims of Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti.

A planned $1.5 million expansion planned for Woodsman, a wood chipper manufacturer in Farwell will not only add 80 new jobs to the area, but $7 million in reconstruction to M-115 between Clare and Farwell.

A 26-year-old man faces window peeping charges after police said he had been peering into the homes of residents in the city of Clare.

Hide Video A local company's success and 80 new employees is creating more jobs for the surrounding area to rebuild a stretch of M-115. M-115 between Clare and Farwell will be rebuilt to carry a heavier traffic load for the growing manufacturing company.

January 12, 2010 -- Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm today announced the awarding of state transportation economic development grants that will support 3,650 jobs in Clare, Oakland and Ottawa counties.

Malowinski earns CISA certification . Evan A. Malowinski, a senior accountant from Andrews Hooper & Pavlik, 5300 Gratiot in Saginaw Township, has successfully completed requirements for the certified information systems auditor designation.

Friday, January 08, 2010 at 2:02 p.m. Read more: Local , Train , Crash , Claire County FARWELL -- Two teens are recovering after their car was hit by a train.A A The Clare County Sheriffa s department reports around 2:41 pm Thursday, a Chevy Malibu containing Zachary and Jacob Kelly was struck by a train on Old State Rd.

Sheryl Presler, Superintendent of the Clare-Gladwin RESD, gave a presentation to the Harrison Community Schools Board of Education Monday night regarding the federally funded Race to the Top initiative.A "Michigan does plan to apply in the first round of funding, which means that its application is due January 19th; therefore, everything is on a ...

The first three months of Clarea s new Senior Services/Council on Aging is wrapping up and a oerunning well,a said Director Lori Ware Tuesday.