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Passenger injured in rollover crash.

September 11, 2018

Passenger injured in rollover crash. #OceanaCounty By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. OTTO TOWNSHIP – A Rothbury woman approximately 20 years old was transported to Mercy Health Partners Hackley Campus in Muskegon following a rollover crash Tuesday, Sept. 11, shortly before 4 p.m. on Cleveland Road near 116th Avenue. The woman was a passenger in a Pontiac Grand Prix driven by a…

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Farm Bureau annual meeting, family fun Sept. 22.

September 11, 2018

Farm Bureau annual meeting, family fun Sept. 22. #OceanaCountyFarmBureau WEARE TOWNSHIP — Oceana County Farm Bureau will host its annual meeting Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Up North Farm Market, located at. 3890 W. Monroe Rd., near Pentwater. Reservations are due no later than Tuesday, Sept. 18, by calling the Oceana County Farm Bureau at 231-873-4654 or via email at…

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Man faces jail for stealing elderly mother’s SSI checks.

September 10, 2018

Man faces jail for stealing elderly mother’s SSI checks. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. #OceanaCountyCrime HART — A 49-year-old Grand Rapids man faces serving up to 90 days in jail for stealing his elderly mother’s supplemental security income (SSI) checks. Russell Richard Peterson, of 3789 Timberlee Ave. NW, pleaded “no contest” to larceny by conversion $1,000-$20,000 in 27th Circuit Court Monday,…

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Deputies receive life-saving awards.

September 10, 2018

Deputies receive life-saving awards. HART — Deputies Lance Veldkamp and Donnie Hansen were recently presented Michigan Sheriffs’ Association life-saving awards from Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The deputies saved a woman from an self-inflicted gunshot wound. “On May 29, 2017, deputies Donnie Hansen and Lance Veldkamp were dispatched to a disturbance in which a gun had been fired with unknown…

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Emotions run high during hunting death case.

September 10, 2018

Emotions run high during hunting death case. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. #OceanaCountyCrime HART – Emotions ran high Monday morning, Sept. 10, in 27th Circuit Court during the sentencing of a 63-year-old Jenison man serving as a youth mentor and hunting safety instructor, who carelessly discharged his gun killing a 13-year-old Wyoming, Michigan boy. Roger Erick Hoeker shot William “Billy” Gort, Jr.…

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