Harrison News

" Clare County Commissioners agreed Wednesday to waive repair permit fees when 350 students and adults work on 55 projects in 12 townships this month.

Hide Video A Clare County man is in stable condition after police say he shot himself while trying to clean his gun.

A Harrison teen escaped serious harm in a two-vehicle collision Saturday in Clare County.

The culmination of six years of planning and development, Joshua's House, a new home for expectant mothers, may be open as soon as Thanksgiving, said founder ReneA© Jeffords of Farwell.

Contact: Michelle Ambrozaitis 539-9831 Prosecuting Attorney's Office 225 W. Main St., PO Box 586 Harrison, MI 48625 From now on, bad check writers are going to have a tougher time in Clare County.

" In another matter, Clare County government and the Middle Michigan Development Corporation renewed its affiliation MMDC Director George Dunn said signing an agreement after so many years had fallen by the wayside.

An apparent man-made explosion that occurred at about noon Tuesday near the corner of Michigan Avenue and Center Street is under investigation by the East Lansing Police Department.

A Clare teenager died after the vehicle he was driving struck a tree, authorities said.

The male Bactrian camel weighed approximately 118 lbs. at birth. Visitors can observe the zoo's latest arrival and his parents at the Camel exhibit, located south of the Oryx and Ostrich yard.

Contact: Anita Richardson, MDOT Office of Communications, 989-754-0878, ext. 227 Agency: Transportation COUNTY: Clare HIGHWAY: US-127 CLOSEST CITY: Harrison STARTING DATE: Monday, June 8, 2009 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: Late June 2009 PROJECT: The Michigan Department of Transportation is scheduled to complete 3 miles of resurfacing work on US-127.

Verona, WI / Brighton, MI Anna-Lisa McDermott was born in Helsinki, Finland on April 21, 1929 and died on May 22, 2009 in Verona, WI.

Hide Video A man is in jail after police say he broke into five businesses in one night in Clare County.

" How far would you travel to get a new pet? For a London couple, the answer is to Harrison, Mich., and the Clare County Animal Shelter.

HARRISON a ' An accident that claimed the life of a 25-year-old Gladwin man remains under investigation by the Clare County Sheriffa TMs Department.

A London couple said they became so enamored with a cat they saw online that they traveled 3,900 miles to Michigan to adopt him.

I was seriously considering taking the laptop out on the deck today to write this column, but it was actually too warm to sit out in the sun! It's time to break out the summer wardrobe and put away those winter coats for a few months at least.

HARRISON, Mich. - A British couple traveled nearly 4,000 miles to adopt "Sparky," a black-and-white kitten in central Michigan.

" The staff and students at Harrison schools will miss seeing CCSD Deputy Lucy Bohr's face around their hallways next year after she has been there for more than 10 years.

Animal shelters in rural Northern Michigan don't field a lot of calls from the suburbs of London, England.

" A Clare man and his brother had their preliminary examinations - " in 80th District Court on felony child abuse charges - " adjourned so their defense attorneys could have more time to prepare.