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Letter to the Editor: Drain commissioner candidate explains why office should be part-time.

May 11, 2016

Dear Editor: I would like to address Mr. Bizon’s statements published on www.oceanacountypress.com concerning my desire to return the office of drain commissioner to part-time, as it had been in the mid-80s. (See letter to the editor here) While it is true that Manistee, Osceola and Benzie counties have fewer drains than Oceana, it is also true that Oceana has…

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1,445 without power.

May 11, 2016

A “substation issue” caused approximately 1,445 Great Lakes Energy customers in Oceana and Muskegon counties to be without power for several hours Wednesday morning, May 11, said GLE Communications Director Dave Guzniczak. Central Dispatch reported a sparking transformer on Webster Road near 56th and 60th avenues in Grant Township at approximately 5:30 a.m. Guzniczak said 333 customers in Grant Township…

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Quilt raffle.

May 10, 2016
Quilt raffle.

PENTWATER — This beautiful quilt named “Carousel” will be raffled off during the Pentwater Women’s Club fundraiser “Wine & Art By the Water” for Pentwater Student Scholarships Sunday, May 15, from 2-5 p.m. Tickets for the raffle are $5 each. Kristin Forester, Linda Hundt and Judy Jankowski spent over 30 hours each making the quilt.

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Hesperia man faces possible prison term for receiving, concealing.

May 9, 2016
Hesperia man faces possible prison term for receiving, concealing.

By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — A 19-year-old Hesperia man faces up to 20 months in prison after pleading guilty Monday, May 9, in 27th Circuit Court to receiving and concealing stolen property valued at over $1,000. Steven Geno Rice, of 4820 E. Loop Rd., also pleaded guilty to second-offense habitual offender, which increases the maximum penalty for his conviction…

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Subcontractor faces jail for attempted wedding ring theft.

May 9, 2016
Subcontractor faces jail for attempted wedding ring theft.

By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — A 25-year-old North Muskegon man faces a three-month jail sentence after pleading guilty Monday, May 9, in 27th Circuit Court to attempted larceny from a building for trying to steal two wedding rings valued at $4,150 from a house in the 4000 block of West Park Road in Grant Township last December. Cory Scott…

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