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Cutter receives professional of the year award

July 8, 2025

HART — Hart Bio-Pure Superintendent Paul Cutter was recently awarded the Doris Van Dam Operations Professional of the Year Award at the 100th anniversary conference of the Michigan Water Environment Association. “This award is given to a nominee who has displayed outstanding service to an employer and to MWEA, contributed to the professional growth of co-workers, consistently generated good quality…

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Boy who was buried in the sand dunes is ‘home and doing well.’

July 8, 2025

GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — The 9-year-old Fenton boy who was rescued after he was buried in the sand‎ at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes Friday night “is reportedly home and doing well,” states a press release from the Michigan DNR. “The DNR was notified Sunday that the child had been released from the hospital and was at home, doing well with…

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US 31 lane closures to continue through Wednesday

July 8, 2025

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Lane closures for road work are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, July 8 and 9, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on northbound and southbound US 31 between Shelby Road and M 20, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation. ________________________ Please Support Local News Receive daily MCP and OCP news briefings along with email news alerts…

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Quick actions save boy buried in the sand dunes

July 7, 2025

‘… the child had been removed from the sand and was blue in color with no pulse.’ GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — First responders’ and bystanders’ quick actions saved the life of a 9-year-old Fenton boy who was buried in the sand at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes Friday evening, July 4, according to Oceana County Undersheriff Ryan Schiller. “On Friday July…

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Lewis farms owner dies after being struck by pickup truck in business parking lot

July 7, 2025

SHELBY TOWNSHIP —  Lewis Adventure Farm and Zoo owner Cindy Lewis, 56, was struck by a pickup truck in the business’s parking lot Friday morning, July 4, shortly before 8 a.m., according to Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. Lewis died from her injuries Sunday, July 6. The driver of the pickup truck was a Lewis Farms employee, who is a…

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