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Harmful algae bloom detected on Bass Lake

September 10, 2026

SUMMIT TOWNSHIP, Mason County — District Health Department #10 and Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy have confirmed that a reported algae bloom in Bass Lake is harmful. This is the second time‎ this summer that a harmful algae bloom was detected on Bass Lake. The harmful algae bloom was confirmed in Bass Lake, Wednesday, Sept. 9. “DHD#10…

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Silver Lake Apple & BBQ festival set for Friday, Saturday

September 10, 2026

GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — The Silver Lake Sand Dunes 23rd annual Apple & BBQ Festival is set for Friday and Saturday, Sept. 11 and 12, at Golden Township Park, for a weekend of food, music and fun. Indulge in tender BBQ, warm slices of homemade apple pie and locally grown apples. The event features a craft show with more than 180…

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WSCC’s Oceana Community Education Center to open soon

September 9, 2026

The facility will be ‘one-stop shopping’ for education, workforce development and community services  WSCC News is a presentation of West Shore Community College in partnership with Mason County Press and Oceana County Press.  By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A vision that has been over a decade in the making will soon become reality when West Shore Community College’s…

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3 teenage girls injured in dune crash

September 8, 2026

GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — Three girls, ages 13, 14 and 17, were injured in a crash on the Silver Lake Sand Dunes Monday, Sept. 7, around 3 p.m., according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office traffic crash report. The girls were riding as passengers on a 2021 Honda SXS 100 ORV driven by a 38-year-old Michigan City, Ind. man. The ORV…

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Sheriff’s office arrests 5 for drunk driving over the holiday weekend

September 8, 2026

Additional traffic stops result in 4 pending meth charges The following is recent activity of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office: Monday, Aug. 31, 2026: 9:54 p.m., a 50-year-old Hesperia man was cited for improper plate following a traffic stop, South 168th Avenue near Garfield Road, Greenwood Township. A charge of methamphetamine possession is pending lab analysis of the seized substance.…

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