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Get in the ‘spear-it’ for the 45th Annual National Asparagus Festival.

June 6, 2018

Get in the ‘spear-it’ for the 45th Annual National Asparagus Festival. #NationalAsparagusFestival. HART — Enjoy the longest running asparagus festival in the country during this weekend’s 45th Annual National Asparagus Festival. The festival is the official kick-off to summer in Oceana County. Oceana County is known as “The Asparagus Capital of the Nation” and is one of the leading areas…

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Drunk driving, domestic assault arrests top police activity.

June 6, 2018

Drunk driving, domestic assault arrests top police activity. #OceanaCountyCrime The following is police activity in Oceana County Tuesday, June 5, 2018: – 1:25 a.m., (Michigan State Police), a 24-year-old Walkerville man was arrested for operating while intoxicated, Wood Street near State Street, City of Hart. – 8:16 a.m., (MSP), a 32-year-old Rothbury man was arrested for domestic violence, 8000 block of…

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15 cockfighting suspects arraigned.

June 5, 2018

15 cockfighting suspects arraigned. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — Fifteen men, none of whom reside in Oceana County, were arraigned in 78th District Court late Monday afternoon, June 4, facing felony charges in connection to a deadly cockfighting ring at 1811 N. 72nd Ave. in Hart Township. All of the suspects face a felony charge of animals –…

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Cash stolen in restaurant break-in.

June 5, 2018

Cash stolen in restaurant break-in. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. MEARS — An undisclosed amount of cash was stolen during a break-in to the Golden Eatery restaurant that was reported to the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office shortly before 6 a.m. Monday, June 4, according to Sheriff Craig Mast. “Some cash and a computer component were taken,” Mast said. “We have…

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Man allegedly assaults woman, flees, gets caught.

June 5, 2018

Man allegedly assaults woman, flees, gets caught. #OceanaCountyCrime GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 41-year-old Scottville man fled the crime scene in Oceana County after allegedly assaulting a woman in a domestic violence situation Tuesday morning, June 5, and was later apprehended by police in Mason County, according to Michigan State Police Trooper Kelsey Case of the Hart post. The woman was…

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