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EF food drive sets record with 35,700 meals.

July 7, 2018

EF food drive sets record with 35,700 meals. #EF2018 ROTHBURY – Electric Forest Festival organizers announced that this year’s Roy Price Memorial Food Drive collected over 35,700 meals to be distributed to local Oceana County communities, setting a new festival record. This year’s collection is over 15,000 more meals than in 2017, organizers said. To date, Electric Forest has collected…

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Police officer assault tops 78th District Court arraignments.

July 7, 2018

Police officer assault tops 78th District Court arraignments. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The following were arraigned recently in 78th District Court: – Clayton John Corbett, 38, of 2205 N. 72nd Ave., Hart, was arrested June 27 by the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) for three felony counts of assault with a dangerous weapon against a police officer…

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Pentwater-Hart Bike Trail Gets $1.4 million in state funds.

July 6, 2018

Pentwater-Hart Bike Trail Gets $1.4 million in state funds. PENTWATER — Senator Goeff Hansen kicked off a bicycle event in Pentwater, June 29, by announcing he had secured $1.4 million in state funds for the creation of the Pentwater-Hart Bike Trail. The funds are the first public funds committed to the creation of a trail that has been in the…

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78th District Court sentencings, posted July 6, 2018.

July 6, 2018

78th District Court sentencings, posted July 6, 2018. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The following were sentenced recently in 78th District Court: – Lloyd Guy Holland, 65, of 7656 E. Washington Rd., Branch, was found guilty June 25 of operating while impaired and was sentenced to 93 days discretionary jail and $1,055 in fines and costs. Conviction reportable…

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People of The Forest.

July 6, 2018

People of The Forest. By Warren Schuitema, Contributing Writer. ROTHBURY — ​Over the past two weekends, June 21-24 and June 28 through July 1, Oceana County has been the host of nearly 70,000 festival attendees during the eighth annual Electric Forest Festival at the Double JJ Resort. When walking around the festival grounds, people of all ages could be seen…

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