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Police: Dollar store tantrum lands 13-year-old in detention facility

August 3, 2015

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 13-year-old boy from the Ferry area was lodged in the Ottawa County Juvenile Detention Center after causing a disturbance and resisting police Saturday evening, Aug. 1, at the Family Dollar store on Polk Road, said Hart Police Chief Dan Leimback. No one was injured in the 7 p.m. incident, which involved the…

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Thousands remain without power following storm

August 3, 2015
Thousands remain without power following storm

WEST MICHIGAN — Over 13,000 Great Lakes Energy members remain without power Monday morning, Aug. 3, in parts of 22 counties following damaging storms that raced across the state throughout the day Sunday, according to a GLE press release. Most of the outages are in parts of Antrim, Crawford and Kalkaska counties that were among the areas hardest hit by…

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Windy day yields a pair of eagles

August 2, 2015
Windy day yields a pair of eagles

SHELBY — Paul Sommerfield and Gary Babinec eagled at Oceana Golf Club Sunday, Aug. 2. Sommerfield used a driver, eight iron and putter to eagle the fifth hole after knocking it to about four feet. The eagle on the 507-yard par-five was witnessed by Richard Kriesel and Steven Hlady. Babinec eagled the 18th hole using a driver and putter on the 242-yard par-four hole. …

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Police respond to crashes

July 31, 2015
Police respond to crashes

The police news is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart), www.springsteadlaw. The following is Oceana County activity of the Hart post of the Michigan State Police Thursday, July 30, 2015: – 10:09 a.m., one-car property damage accident, 88th Ave. and VanBuren Rd., Leavitt Twp. – 1 p.m., ORV violation, 48th Ave. and Webster…

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UPDATE: Man in dune crash broke both arms, legs; pulse re-gained in leg

July 30, 2015
UPDATE: Man in dune crash broke both arms, legs; pulse re-gained in leg

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. GOLDEN TWP. — A 36-year-old Kentwood man who was airlifted following a crash at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes ORV area Wednesday, July 29, suffered broken bones in both arms and both legs, and one leg was injured so severely that it had no pulse Wednesday night, said Lt. Craig Mast of the Oceana County…

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