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Interested in adding a furry friend to your family? Even if you're just keen on viewing some of the cute critters available for adoption nearby, there are ample pets waiting for their forever homes in animal shelters throughout and around harrison.

ISABELLA COUNTY, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - A 71-year-old Michigan man was killed in a three-vehicle crash near Mt. Pleasant Wednesday night. Troopers responded to Pickard Road near Enterprise Drive in Isabella County after receiving a report of a three-vehicle crash. Initial investigations determined that a 37-year-old East China man in a pickup truck crossed the center line and struck a vehicle driven by a 23-year-old Lake woman.After that, the truck hit another vehicle, which a 71-year-old Remus man was driving. State police say the 71-year-old man died at the scene. The 37-year-old was taken to a local hospital to be treated for serious injuries. The 23-year-old woman and the 24-year-old woman, who was a passenger in her vehicle, sustained minor injuries. According to MSP, alcohol may be a factor in the crash. The investigation is ongoing.

A Harrison man was sentenced following a charge of intoxicated driving. Steven John Caplan was charged by the Clare County Prosecutor’s Office with Operating While Intoxicated following an investigation on May 23. He was found guilty Thursday after a one day jury trial in District Court. The Court proceeded...

One man has been found guilty of 6 counts involving Criminal Sexual Conduct in Clare County. Adam Josiah Post of Harrison was charged by the Clare County Prosecutor’s Office in September 2022 with Assault with Intent to Commit Sexual Penetration and Criminal Sexual Conduct 4th Degree against a 16-year-old victim.

Photo from Unsplash and unrelated to the city. For most people, it is a constant necessity of life to manage gas prices. The national average price for a gallon of regular-grade gas on Sunday is $3.243, a week ago the price is $3.253 , according to AAA.

It’s an interesting era in our schools. It can be easy to believe the sky is falling depending on where you get your news. But there are beacons of great things happening in our schools all the time. And our task as school and community leaders is to build a school culture that teachers and students want to live in every day and have maximum impact. An atmosphere where people feel like they can’t miss school, because they can’t miss out on what interesting learning might happen today! We all hope to make everyone around us better…and this can only be done in a safe, thriving, happy (but always pursuing growth) culture. We can do this.

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - Two women were taken to the hospital following a house fire in St. Clair County on Nov. 30, according to the Port Huron Fire Department. Fire crews responded to the 1100 block of Varney Street around 11:30 p.m. to a heavy fire in the front of an occupied one-story home. Witnesses and 911 calls indicated that either two or three people were trapped inside the home, fire crews said. After the fire was put out, crews searched the home and rescued two women, the department said. A 72-year-old woman and a 94-year-old woman were taken to hospitals with life-threatening injuries, crews said. The cause of the fire is under investigation. 

EDENVILLE TOWNSHIP, MI — Daniel Allen doesn’t need to go far to see the void left in his life by the flood of May 2020. The visual evidence sits at the edge of his Edenville Township residence, where he and his wife first moved in 2018. Back then, it was accurate to call this place “lakeside property.” The flood then drained that lake.

Christmas festivities are gearing up all over Clare County December 9th with lighted parades, Santa, Craft Shows and much, much more to see and do throughout the area. The fun begins in Clare with a Holiday Craft Show December 9th at the Clare Union Railroad Depot from 10 am to 2 pm. The event is sure to be a great show.

High school basketball action in Clare County, Michigan is happening today, and info on these games is available in this article, if you're looking for how to watch them. Follow high school basketball this season on the NFHS Network! Keep tabs on your family or alma mater and tune in!

The Clare boys basketball team won their first game of the season against Alma on Nov. 28 with a final score of 56-51. In a Hudl highlights video of the game, in the first quarter, Ryan Rodenbo had a three-pointer and Ritchie Montgomery had a steal. In the second quarter, Ryan Louch had a three-pointer, Montgomery had a fast break and a steal, Lincoln Older had a steal, and Dane Alexander had a three-pointer. In the fourth quarter, Louch had a steal, Montgomery had a steal, and Rodenbo had a fast break.

Our weekend weather across southern Michigan will have a few periods of what can best be described as slop. Temperatures will be too warm to have to worry about any treacherous winter roads. Let’s put this afternoon and evening in the weekend scene too. We start with a mostly rain...

It’s time again for this newspaper’s annual Christmas Wish program. In the next few weeks we are asking readers that find themselves or their family in a dire situation to write us and in detail, tell us what you or your family would like to make Christmas a happy occasion.

SHEPHERD, Mich. (WJRT) - Someone who bought a Michigan Lottery instant game ticket in Isabella County became an instant millionaire on Thursday. The Michigan Lottery says a player won the $2 million top prize in the Money instant game with a ticket purchased in the EZ Mart at 550 E. Wright Ave. in Shepherd.

Terrell York pleaded guilty in October to hiding the death of his wife, Patricia M. York

Today officially marks the start of Muzzleloading deer season. With the season running from the first of December to the 10th, the DNR is reminding hunters what they can do while out. If you are hunting deer with a muzzleloading firearm in zones 1* and 2, you may only possess,...

Andy Heeg has been a towman at Auto Solutions in Farwell for nine years. He said that the best part about his job is the people. “I enjoy the job, like helping people, you know, when somebody breaks down or hits a deer or whatever you have, it’s always a bad day. So, I try to get there as quick as I can and try to make their day a little bit easier,” said towman Andy Heeg.

MIDLAND, Mich. (WJRT) - A Midland police officer and a bystander helped three elderly people out of a burning car after a crash Wednesday afternoon. The crash happened around 4:45 p.m. at the westbound U.S. 10 ramp to Bay City Road involving a car carrying an 86-year-old man, 85-year-old woman, 79-year-old man and 78-year-old woman from Lake in Clare County.

FRIDAY (DEC 1): Some snow and rain will impact Michigan but not very much of our area. Rain and snow are expected downstate Friday and perhaps as far north as a Ludington-Houghton Lake line and points south. Outside of a few flurries in the morning across the Eastern U.P. most of Northern Michigan will remain dry and quiet underneath a mostly cloudy sky. High temperatures from 33-37F. East-NE wind at 5-10 mph.

CLARE, Mich. (WNEM) - Need a little dose of Christmas magic? Look no further than Clare, Michigan. Rooftop Landing Reindeer Farm in Clare is home to 20 of Santa’s “backup” reindeer, that live on the farm year-round. Your first stop on the farm takes you through the...