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MSP: Avoid US 31 near festival.

June 19, 2018

MSP: Avoid US 31 near festival. #EF2018 #MichiganStatePolice ROTHBURY — The Hart post of the Michigan State Police is reminding Oceana County residents that traffic will be heavy on US 31 this Wednesday, June 20, and next Wednesday, June 27, due to people arriving at the Electric Forest Festival. There will be “significant increases” of northbound festival traffic using exits…

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Water Road closed for festival.

June 18, 2018

Water road closed for festival. #EF2018 ROTHBURY — Water Road is closed from Winston Road to Clay Road for the Electric Forest Festival, which begins the first weekend of the event Wednesday, June 20, with early arrival festival goers. Expect heavy traffic on northbound US 31 at the Rothbury exit and on Winston Road Wednesday. The Water Road closure takes…

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Man overdoses alongside road; LSD ‘gummies’ seized.

June 18, 2018

Man overdoses alongside road; LSD ‘gummies’ seized. #OceanaCountyCrime GRANT TOWNSHIP — A 34-year-old Tinley Park, Illinois man suffered from a drug overdose Friday night, June 15, alongside the roadway on US 31 near Winston Road, but survived, said Michigan State Police Trooper Mitchell Stevens. The overdose was reported shortly before 10 p.m. No other information was immediately available. In a…

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On-ramp to southbound US 31 in Hart closed beginning Monday.

June 16, 2018

On-ramp to southbound US 31 in Hart closed beginning Monday. #OceanaCountyNews HART — The on-ramp to southbound US 31 at Polk Road will be closed beginning Monday, June 18, at 9 a.m. through July 6, according to Michigan Department of Transportation Communications Representative John Richard. The Hart/Polk Road off-ramp for exit 149 will remain closed until June 29 at midnight.…

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27th Circuit Court sentencings, posted June 16, 2018.

June 16, 2018

27th Circuit Court sentencings, posted June 16, 2018. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The following were sentenced recently in 27th Circuit Court: – Martin Charles Shalifoe II, 48, of 362 Pine St., Shelby, pleaded “no contest” April 16 to first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) and was sentenced June 11 to 15-25 years in prison with credit for 175…

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