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51st Circuit Court sentences, published Nov. 4, 2025

November 4, 2025

HART — The following were sentenced this week in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Robert Charles Brown, 40, pleaded guilty Sept. 8 to assaulting/resisting/obstructing police and was sentenced Nov. 3 to one year and one day to two years in prison with credit for 140 days served in jail and $198 in fines and costs. In a second file,…

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Violin, accordion duo to take the stage Nov. 14

November 4, 2025

HART — The Hart Community Performing Arts Series will present the duo of Karolina Mikolajczyk on violin and Iwo Jedynecki playing the classical accordion Friday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Hart Public Schools auditorium.  The duo is one of the most vibrant and innovative chamber ensembles of the younger generation. They were winners of Grand Prix and first…

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Volunteers restore historic headstones at Pentwater Township Cemetery

November 4, 2025

PENTWATER TOWNSHIP — Over the spring and summer, members of the Michigan Dunes Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution — Shannon Larson, Brenda Hilderbrandt, and prospective member Melissa Grondsma — led significant restoration efforts at Pentwater Township Cemetery.  Larson, the founder of the Friends of Pentwater Township Cemetery group, worked alongside Hilderbrandt and Grondsma, who are also members…

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Veterans Day events scheduled

November 4, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — Veterans Day is Tuesday, Nov. 11, and Oceana County veterans have organized some special events to commemorate the important day.  The Oceana County Department of Veteran Affairs is hosting a Veterans Day Parade in Hart Saturday, Nov. 8, at 3 p.m. and a 5K race Saturday morning in Shelby. A Veterans Day program…

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Deportation expected for armed robbers

November 3, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — The second of two men was sentenced in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, Nov. 3, for robbing the La Mexicana De Pancho grocery store at gunpoint last December, and he and his accomplice are expected to be deported from the U.S. after serving their prison terms. Jorge Soriano Benitez, 39, of Shelby…

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