Sand Sculpture Contest draws many creative competitors PENTWATER — Creative ideas, enthusiastic competitors and another large crowd made the 53rd annual Pentwater Sand Sculpture Contest a highlight of Pentwater’s 2026 Homecoming weekend. Sponsored by the Pentwater Service Club, the longtime community tradition brought children, families and teams to the sugar-sand beach of Charles Mears State Park, where competitors transformed little…
SHELBY — The Shelby Class of 1956 recently made the decision to discontinue its annual class picnic after a long 70-year run. The classmates chose to donate the funds remaining in their class treasury to The Ladder Community Center in Shelby, since its youth program benefits local under-privileged children. “The surplus funds from the Class of 1956 were generated over…
GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 59-year-old Flint man was transported to Trinity Health Muskegon Hospital by Life EMS Saturday, Aug. 15, at approximately 11 a.m. following a single-vehicle crash at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes. The man was operating a 2021 Polaris Sportsman in the ORV scramble area when he “encountered bumps on the backside of Test Hill,” losing control of…
GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 19-year-old Marion, Ind. man was transported to an area hospital by Life EMS Saturday, Aug. 15, around 7:30 p.m. after the 2023 Yamaha YZ250 dirt bike he was riding crashed through the rear passenger window of a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee, according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office traffic crash report. “Unit 1 (the dirt bike)…
GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A U-turn attempt on Fox Road near Wilson Road led to a rollover crash Monday, Aug. 10, at 10:40 a.m., according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office traffic crash report. A 59-year-old Trenton, Mich. man was driving a 2023 Ford Bronco when he “was attempting a U turn, and turned into the westbound lane of travel and…
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