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Traffic alert: report of a male who fell off a moving vehicle

June 29, 2026

GRANT TOWNSHIP — Emergency crews were dispatched to the area of West Cleveland Road and South 100th Avenue for a male subject who fell off a moving vehicle, suffering a head injury, Monday, June 29, around 3:20 p.m. Cleveland Road was blocked to traffic in the area of the accident. ___________________ Please Support Local News and Sports Coverage Receive daily…

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MSP continues to investigate discovery of deceased newborn at EF

June 29, 2026

ROTHBURY — Michigan State Police continues to investigate the discovery of a deceased newborn found Sunday morning, June 28, inside a porta-potty in the camping area at the Electric Forest Festival. According to MSP, the body of the neonate, which is an infant 4 weeks old or younger, was found inside a portable restroom by an employee of the restroom…

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Man, 82, dies in moped cash

June 29, 2026

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor COLFAX TOWNSHIP — An 82-year-old Hart man died after crashing the 2008 Honda moped he was operating on North 176th Avenue near Dennis Keating Drive Friday, June 26, shortly after 2 p.m., according to Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. Byron Richard Purdy was pronounced dead at the scene, said Sheriff Mast. “Although passersby attempted to…

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Fourth of July fireworks schedule in Oceana County

June 29, 2026

Watch fireworks light up the sky in celebration of the Fourth of July in Oceana County: Hart Sparks Thursday, July 2, at dusk Celebrate Independence Day early at Hart Sparks in downtown Hart, beginning at 6 p.m. Enjoy an evening filled with live music, delicious food vendors, a kids  zone, chalet shopping, and the downtown Hart social district. The night…

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Extreme heat warning in effect through Thursday

June 29, 2026

OCEANA COUNTY — A large portion of the western portion of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, including Oceana and Mason counties, is under an extreme heat warning beginning at 2 p.m. Monday, June 29, through 8 p.m. Thursday, July 2, according to the National Weather Service. Expect “dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 105 expected,” states NWS. The warning…

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