PENTWATER – The Pentwater Service Club announced that Bart Zachrich has posthumously been named 2025 Pentwater Citizen of the Year. Zachrich, who passed away unexpectedly Jan. 26, 2025, becomes the 52nd citizen of the year and only the second to receive the award posthumously. “It is with both sadness and pride that the PSC has recognized Bart with an award…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — The cause of a house fire at 613 N. June Dr. in the Silver Lake community Monday morning, June 9, has not yet been determined, said Hart Fire Chief Dwight Fuehring. “They were out at the scene investigating this morning,” said Chief Fuehring Tuesday. The two-story home with a basement is a…
OCEANA COUNTY — Helicopter inspections of power lines originally slated to start next week are now set to begin this week. “ITC was able to move up the inspection of its high-voltage transmission structures, lines and equipment in your region,” said Integrated Communications Coordinator Lucas Polack. “They will now begin this week and continue into next week until complete, weather permitting.…
PENTWATER — Learn about water safety; eat a hotdog lunch; and get a free life jacket during Water Safety Day Saturday, June 14, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Pentwater Municipal Marina. Marine Sgt. Mike Fillips of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office, will provide a presentation on water safety, and there will be several hands-on activities for kids,…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — One of two Shelby men who robbed the La Mexicana De Pancho grocery store at gunpoint last December was sentenced to three and a half to 25 years in prison in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, June 9. Miguel Angel Vargas-Mares, 23, of Shelby pleaded “no contest” to armed robbery, April 28.…
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