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Service club asks community to help scouts fund a hiking trip of a lifetime.

February 7, 2016
Service club asks community to help scouts fund a hiking trip of a lifetime.

Story and photos contributed by Ron Beeber. PENTWATER — The Pentwater Service Club is calling on area individuals and organizations to join it in helping Boy Scout Troop 1145 raise the final $4,000 needed so eight local scouts and five adults can undertake a rugged, 12-day backpacking trek at the Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico this summer. “We’re down to…

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27th Circuit Court sentencings include receiving/concealing, breaking/entering, drug delivery.

February 5, 2016
27th Circuit Court sentencings include receiving/concealing, breaking/entering, drug delivery.

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The following were sentenced recently in 27th Circuit Court: – Kevin Lee Duchemin, 37, of 1319 VanBuren Rd., Hesperia, was found guilty July 27 of receiving and concealing stolen property $1,000-$20,000 and sentenced Feb. 1 to a minimum of one year and one day to a maximum of five years in prison, with…

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Planners unanimously OK marijuana ordinance changes.

February 5, 2016
Planners unanimously OK marijuana ordinance changes.

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The planning commission unanimously approved amendments to the city’s medical marijuana growing ordinance Thursday, Feb. 4, as a recommendation to the city council to adopt the proposed changes. Complaints of odors caused by marijuana growing operations prompted city officials to amend the ordinance. Amendments include a requirement that all growing operations are equipped…

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Drunk driving, fugitive arrests.

February 5, 2016
Drunk driving, fugitive arrests.

The following is activity of the Hart post of the Michigan State Police Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016: – 12:33 a.m., one-car crash, no injuries, US 31 and Shelby Rd., Shelby Township. – 8 a.m., a 42-year-old Rothbury man was arrested on a fugitive warrant, 3000 block of Wilke Rd., Grant Township. – 8:55 a.m., one-car crash, no injuries, Stony Lake…

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78th District Court arraignments include utility fraud.

February 5, 2016
78th District Court arraignments include utility fraud.

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The following were arraigned recently in front of the 78th District Court Magistrate: Felony – Timothy Edward Kevwitch, 48, of 6991 S. 88th Ave., Rothbury, was arrested Jan. 27 by the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) for a felony of fraudulent use of a public utility over $500. Preliminary conference: Feb. 16 at…

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