By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor ELBRIDGE TOWNSHIP — The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of brass plaques stolen from military veterans’ graves at the Elbridge Township Cemetery over Memorial Day weekend, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The thefts and property damage were reported to the sheriff’s office Saturday, May 23, around noon. “Several headstones had been…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor PENTWATER TOWNSHIP — A walk along the Lake Michigan shoreline near the Oceana-Mason county line turned into a harrowing ordeal for a 40-year-old Richmond, Va. man when he was attacked by two German shepherds Monday evening, May 25. A sheriff’s deputy who arrived on scene was forced to shoot one of the dogs due to…
GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 20-year-old Gladwin, Mich. man was transported by Life EMS to Trinity Health Shelby Hospital after crashing a 2013 Suzuki RM-Z450 dirt bike at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes Saturday, May 23, at 3:40 p.m., according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report. He was westbound on the dunes when he lost control of the bike…
GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 68-year-old Saginaw man was transported to Trinity Health Muskegon Hospital by Life EMS following a crash at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes Saturday, May 23, shortly after 7 p.m., according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report. The man was driving a 2024 Jeep Wrangler southbound on the dunes “when he crested a dune too…
GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 33-year-old Elkhart, Ind. woman and her three passengers avoided serious injuries when the 2025 Polaris RZR the woman was driving overturned on the Silver Lake Sand Dunes Sunday, May 24, around 1:30 p.m., according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report. The passengers were girls ages 14, 12 and 9. The ATV was traveling north…
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