HART – Scott Beal, executive director of the Silver Lake Sand Dunes Area Chamber of Commerce and Silver Lake Sand Dunes Hart Visitors Bureau, has announced his retirement effective Oct. 2 after nine years of service. “Since joining the organization, Scott has been an instrumental leader in supporting local businesses, promoting tourism, and strengthening the Silver Lake Sand Dunes area,”…
West Shore School News is a presenation of West Shore Educational Service District in partnership with Oceana County Press and Mason County Press. WALKERVILLE — Walkerville Public Schools teacher Joey Stankowski will be inducted into the USA Softball Michigan Fastpitch Hall of Fame Saturday, Sept.…
PENTWATER — Michael Dean Manglois, 69, of Grand Haven has been identified as the man who was found dead inside a car that was submerged in Pentwater Lake last week, according to the Pentwater Police Department. Manglois’s body was recovered Wednesday morning, Sept. 16. He…
HART — The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office recently issued a warning about a drug called 7-OH that is being sold in stores with no age limit for its purchase. In…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 36-year-old Mears woman was arrested by Oceana County sheriff’s…
Donna Jean (Heydenberk-Curtis) Essenberg, 90, passed away peacefully in Oaktown, Ind., on Sunday, September 20, 2026. She was born November 5, 1935, to Ray and Edith (Hazen) Heydenberk, in Hart.…
The suspect is described as a white middle-aged man with a medium build wearing a black bandana around his forehead and driving a rusty white Ford pickup truck. He also…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — The 22-mile Hart-Montague William Field Memorial Trail will eventually lead to Lake Michigan access in Pentwater and Montague. Work continues to secure funding…
Steven A. Hitchcock passed away peacefully on Monday, September 14, 2026 surrounded by family. He was born to Gerald and Loretta (Cracker) Hitchcock on February 27, 1954. He is survived…
In loving memory of Jeffrey Dewitt June 10, 1971 – September 16, 2026 Jeff was the kind of man people don’t come across often anymore. Strong, hardworking, fiercely independent, and…
Kyle Gordon “Buck” Krause, 36, of Hesperia, passed away Thursday, September 10, 2026. He was born August 10, 1990, in Grand Haven, the son of Gordon Beebe and Diane Krause/Beebe.…
VICTORY TOWNSHIP — The West Shore Community College Board of Trustees will consider a resolution tied to state funding and discuss the college’s facilities master plan when it meets Monday,…
Oceana County Press issues this correction regarding its post published on September 2, 2026, concerning Daniel Bowman. The post initially included a photograph of Timothy Ryan Bowman. That photograph was incorrectly used…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor Democrat Benjamin Ambrose and Republican U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar will face each other in the Nov. 3 general election for Michigan’s 2nd Congressional District. The…
Pirate News is a presentation of Hart Public Schools in partnership with Oceana County Press. HART — Hart High School will celebrate Homecoming next week. The Pirates’ Homecoming events will…
PENTWATER — A man’s body was recovered that was found inside a car submerged in Pentwater Lake Wednesday morning, Sept. 16. The man had been reported missing in Grand Haven,…
HART — The following were recently arraigned on felony charges in Oceana County’s 79th District Court: Randi Alexis Shiley, 22, delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine/ecstasy and delivery manufacture of a schedule 1-3…
BENONA TOWNSHIP — A 39-year-old Shelby man was arrested by Michigan State Police troopers from the Hart post following a “burglary in progress” call to the 4000 block of 64th…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent activity in Oceana County of the Hart post of…
The following birth has been reported: Walker Jones Vandenheuvel, the son of Montana Scott and Jared Vandenheuvel of Hart, was born on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. Romina Dove Brody, the daughter…
WEARE TOWNSHIP — Michigan State Police from the Hart post continue to investigate a single-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a 27-year-old Pentwater man, Sept. 2. Bradley Alan Kaminski…
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