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Christmas tree project teaches many valuable lessons

December 12, 2015
Christmas tree project teaches many valuable lessons

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — Fourth grade students at Spitler Elementary School are learning many important lessons through a unique Christmas tree tracking project. The students visited Slocum Brothers Tree Farm, where they tagged about 100 Christmas trees with a postcard that asks the tree owner to correspond with the students. So far, the students have heard from…

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27th Circuit Court sentencings include CSC, welfare fraud, meth possession

December 11, 2015
27th Circuit Court sentencings include CSC, welfare fraud, meth possession

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The following were sentenced recently in 27th Circuit Court: – Edward James Riley, 34, of 2163 Indian Trail, Muskegon, was found guilty Oct. 26 of lying to a peace officer. He was sentenced Dec. 7 to serve nine months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term with credit for 76 days served;…

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78th District Court sentencings, arraignments

December 11, 2015
78th District Court sentencings, arraignments

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The following proceedings recently occurred in 78th District Court: Arraignments Felonies – Samantha Lea Houston, 29, of 415 Hart St., Hart, was arrested Dec. 3 by the Michigan State Police (MSP) for a felony of stealing/retaining a financial transaction device without consent. Preliminary conference: Dec. 21 at 3 p.m. – Maxwell Jame Gauss,…

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Local teen wins state 4-H title

December 11, 2015
Local teen wins state 4-H title

HART — The Michigan 4-H Youth Development Program announced the winners of the inaugural Animal Science Sportsperson of the Year Award this week, and the youth winner is Cassie Holladay of Oceana County.   The adult winner is Mary Adams, a 4-H leader from Calhoun County. Cassie, the daughter of Brian and Michelle Holladay of Hart, has been involved in…

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Suspect arrested for intimidation, stalking

December 10, 2015
Suspect arrested for intimidation, stalking

The police news is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart), www.springsteadlaw.com. The following is recent local law enforcement activity in Oceana County: Monday, Dec. 7, 2015: – 6:54 p.m., (Hart Police Department), fraudulent use of a credit card, Johnson St., City of Hart. Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015: – 5:47 p.m., (HPD), two-car rear-end…

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