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Shelby musicians compete at state solo and ensemble

March 24, 2025

West Shore School News is a presentation of West Shore Educational Service District in partnership with Mason County Press and Oceana County Press.  Shelby High School band students Joselyn Calixto Sanchez, Juan Ramirez and Michael Neino qualified for state solo and ensemble for their topnotch performances at the district competition in Cadillac. They competed in the state event, March 15,…

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Police news, published March 24, 2025

March 24, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is activity of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office: Thursday, March 20, 2025: 9:33 a.m., larceny theft of a wallet, 2200 block of East Baseline road, Shelby Township. Saturday, March 22, 2025: 6:42 a.m., assault, no arrest, 6400 block of East Garfield…

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Art contest winners

March 24, 2025

Pirate News is a presentation of Hart Public Schools in partnership with Oceana County Press.  HART — Spitler Elementary School fourth grader Allisson Delacruz and first grader Liv Riley recently earned the top prize in the school’s annual art contest. Allisson won in the third/fourth grade category, and Liv won in the first/second grade category. “They each received a bag…

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Winter weather advisory issued for Sunday evening and Monday

March 23, 2025

OCEANA COUNTY — The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a winter weather advisory that begins at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 23, and continues through 8 p.m. Monday, March 24. The advisory includes Oceana, Mason, Lake, Osceola, Clare, Newaygo and Mecosta counties. Total snow accumulations between 2 and 6 inches are expected, along with winds gusting as high…

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Court of appeals upholds murder conviction

March 19, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — The Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed the 2023 murder conviction of Carlos Andres Sanchez, 35, of Muskegon. Sanchez was found guilty by a jury, Sept. 21, 2023 of first-degree murder and felony firearm for shooting and killing a 28-year-old Miguel Angel Gutierrez of Muskegon with a handgun June 12, 2022. Sanchez was sentenced…

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