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Hesperia-area home damaged by fire

March 26, 2015
Hesperia-area home damaged by fire

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. BEAVER TWP. (Newaygo Co.) — A home located at 5275 N. Dickinson Rd. received extensive interior damage Thursday afternoon, March 26, due to a fire caused by a wood stove. No one was injured. The homeowners, Ernest and Verta Batch, did not have insurance on the home, and the family is planning to make arrangements…

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Prescription drugs stolen

March 26, 2015
Prescription drugs stolen

The police news is sponsored by VanderHaag Car Sales of Scottville, 231-757-2727, www.vanderhaagcarsales.com and Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart),www.springsteadlaw.com. ROTHBURY — Troopers from the Hart post of the Michigan State Police are investigating a larceny of prescription drugs that was reported Wednesday, March 25, at 5:50 p.m. The drugs were allegedly stolen from a…

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Fire damages 2-year-old home

March 25, 2015
Fire damages 2-year-old home

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. PENTWATER TWP. — A home that had been built just two years ago at 6909 Hilltop Court in the Madison Ridge Subdivision received extensive interior damage due to a fire Wednesday night, March 25. No one was injured in the blaze, but the homeowners’ cat could not immediately be found. Pentwater and Hart fire departments…

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DNR, ‘duners’ reach a resolution; Silver Lake State Park opens April 1

March 25, 2015
DNR, ‘duners’ reach a resolution; Silver Lake State Park opens April 1

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. GOLDEN TWP. — It’s been a long process, but it looks like the DNR and the Silver Lake “duners” have reached a resolution to deal with the long lines to enter the sand dunes — at least for the upcoming season. The agreement comes just in time for the annual opening of the Silver Lake…

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CSC, fraud, warrant arrest among police activity

March 25, 2015
CSC, fraud, warrant arrest among police activity

The police news is sponsored by VanderHaag Car Sales of Scottville, 231-757-2727, www.vanderhaagcarsales.com and Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart),www.springsteadlaw.com. Local law enforcement activity Tuesday, March 24, 2015, includes: – 4:16 a.m., (Oceana County Sheriff’s Office) fraud, 4000 block of First St. – 9:30 a.m., (Michigan State Police), a 24-year-old Pentwater man was arrested on…

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