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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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Several alcohol-related arrests over the holiday.

July 6, 2018

Several alcohol-related arrests over the holiday. #OceanaCountyCrime The following is recent police activity in Oceana County: ​Thursday, June 28, 2018: – 8 a.m., (Hart Police Department), unlawful driving away of automobile, home invasion and driving while license suspended (DWLS), 400 block of Dryden Street, City of Hart. – 2:21 p.m., (HPD), medical assist, 400 block of Hart Street, City of…

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Basketball coach accused of sexual assault.

July 5, 2018

Basketball coach accused of sexual assault. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — Walkerville JV Basketball Coach Russell Douglas Swihart, 35, was arraigned in 78th District Court Thursday, July 5, on five felony counts of criminal sexual conduct (CSC) for alleged sexual assaults of two 13-year-old female players. Swihart, of 5755 N. 192nd Ave., Walkerville, is charged with first-degree CSC,…

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