By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A total of 15 Electric Forest attendees are facing criminal charges, said Oceana County Assistant Prosecutor Erin Fisher, who is in charge of prosecuting crimes arising out of last weekend’s festival. Charges include five felony warrants containing 11 felony counts and 10 misdemeanor warrants containing 18 misdemeanor counts, Fisher said. “Those numbers may…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — As rumors swirl on social media sites of a second death that occurred at the Electric Forest Festival in Rothbury last weekend, Lt. Jeff White of the Hart post of the Michigan State Police said this morning that is not true. MSP reported yesterday that 20-year-old Brian Alan Brockette of Caledonia died Sunday…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. OCEANA COUNTY — There are fun events going on all over the county this week in celebration of the Fourth of July. Fireworks will be shot off in Pentwater Thursday night; and Silver Lake and Hesperia Friday night. There will also be a Fourth of July parade in Hesperia Friday at 11 a.m. Thursday, July…
ROTHBURY — Rumors are swirling around social media sites that Brian Alan Brockette, the 20-year-old Caledonia man who died during the final evening of the Electric Forest Festival, is the same man who suffered a severe cut across his neck. According to www.youredm.com, the two are separate incidents. “A separate unfortunate event took place at Electric Forest this year, where…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. ROTHBURY — Despite a few minor emergencies, things are going well at the Electric Forest Festival this weekend. According to Michigan State Police Sergeant Tony Harrington of the Gaylord post, no deaths have occurred. One man was taken by ambulance yesterday afternoon with a body temperature of 107 degrees, Harrington said. A tree was blown…
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