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Walkerville fire dept. receives grant funds for equipment

August 24, 2015
Walkerville fire dept. receives grant funds for equipment

WALKERVILLE — Grant money totaling nearly $18,000 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will allow Walkerville Area Fire & Rescue to buy new equipment. The department will receive a $17,953 grant from the homeland security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program, according to a press release from U.S. senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow. The funds are aimed to…

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Capsized catamaran, loose horses among police activity

August 24, 2015
Capsized catamaran, loose horses among police activity

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 Oceana County activity of the Hart post of the Michigan State Police during the weekend, Aug. 21-23, 2015: Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015: – 2:50 a.m., civil/family dispute, 400 block of Taylor Rd., Elbridge Twp. – 2 p.m., traffic policing,…

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Mears woman arrested for harboring fugitive

August 21, 2015
Mears woman arrested for harboring fugitive

GOLDEN TWP. — A 59-year-old Mears woman was arrested by the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office Thursday night, Aug. 20, for harboring a fugitive. OCSO also arrested a 25-year-old Muskegon man Thursday night for operating while intoxicated on 192nd Avenue near Hesperia. OCSO investigated a property damage accident on East Jackson Road in Colfax Township Thursday afternoon, resulting in the arrest of…

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Domestic assault arrest

August 21, 2015
Domestic assault arrest

The police news is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart), www.springsteadlaw.com. HESPERIA — A 22-year-old Hesperia man was arrested by troopers from the Hart post of the Michigan State Police for domestic assault Thursday, Aug. 20, at 2:50 a.m. in the 200 block of Hawley Street. MSP also handled a car vs. deer…

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Free 6-week diabetes course begins Sept. 15; free supper included

August 21, 2015
Free 6-week diabetes course begins Sept. 15; free supper included

HART — Do you have diabetes?  Or do you care for someone who has diabetes or other chronic issues?  Sign up for the Stanford University class, Diabetes Self-Management, taught by Karen MacWilliams, an RN at Mercy Lakeshore Medical, and learn how to live well with ongoing health conditions.   This free course will be at the Oceana County Council on…

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