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Technical difficulties delay county’s election results

November 5, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — Technical difficulties at the county clerk’s office delayed Tuesday’s election results, and many precincts reported delays due to write-in candidates. Final results were not totaled until after midnight, and write-in totals had to be computed manually and were not available. Voter turnout was high in the midterm election with 8,387 voters out of…

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Ralphie is home!

November 3, 2014
Ralphie is home!

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. NEW ERA — The chocolate lab that had been missing since Saturday afternoon is now home safe and sound with his family, his owner Stephanie Matiash reported Monday evening. The people who took Ralphie did not steal him, she said. “It was good people who had him and returned him upon finding out we were…

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Hart PD report

November 3, 2014
Hart PD report

Recent Hart Police Department activity includes: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014 – 4:30 p.m., gas drive-off, 4200 block of Polk Rd., $30 in gas taken. Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 – 5:55 p.m., assault and battery, 700 block of State St., no arrests. – 6:30 p.m., retail fraud, 700 block of State St., juvenile suspects. The Hart Police Department report is brought…

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Weekend MSP report

November 3, 2014
Weekend MSP report

Recent Oceana County activity of the Hart post of the Michigan State Police: Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 – 9:45 a..m., car-deer crash, US-31 and Polk Rd., Hart Twp. – 9:45 a.m., domestic assault, 1000 block of W. Polk Rd., Hart Twp, warrant pending. Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014 – 8:30 a.m., malicious destruction of property to a mailbox, 5000 block of…

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Break-in among OCSO activity

November 3, 2014
Break-in among OCSO activity

CRYSTAL TWP. — The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a breaking and entering that was reported Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 3:30 p.m. in the 4200 block of E. Jackson Rd. Items taken include a power saw, air compressor, tool box and battery charger. Other recent OCSO activity includes: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014 – 12:34 p.m., phone harassment complaint, 4500…

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