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Hart Community Performing Arts Series celebrates milestone with Sunday concert

February 14, 2023

Hart Community Performing Arts Series celebrates milestone with Sunday concert HART — The Hart Community Performing Arts Series will celebrate a milestone with a concert Sunday afternoon, Feb. 19. “The series is proud to have presented 150 concerts and brought hundreds of fine artists to the Hart stage since its inception in the fall of 1999,” said Series Artistic Director…

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Recent deaths, service announcements, posted Feb. 14, 2023

February 14, 2023

Recent deaths, service announcements, posted Feb. 14, 2023 John Robert Fletcher, 78, of Ludington, formerly of Hart, died on Saturday, February 11, 2023.Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m., Thursday, February 23, 2023, at Beacon Cremation & Funeral Service, King-Hart Chapel, with Pastor Dennis Bromley officiating. Interment will be in the Hart Cemetery in the spring.  Visitation will be…

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Weekend police news, posted Feb. 13, 2023

February 13, 2023

Weekend police news, posted Feb. 13, 2023 The following is recent police activity in Oceana County: Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023: 8:52 p.m., (Oceana County Sheriff’s Office), methamphetamine possession, 72nd Avenue, Weare Township. A charge is pending lab analysis. 10 p.m., (OCSO), a 26-year-old Hesperia man was  arrested for fleeing and eluding, operating without a license and a failure to appear…

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Father in child fentanyl death case pleads ‘no contest’ to manslaughter

February 13, 2023

Father in child fentanyl death case pleads ‘no contest’ to manslaughter By Allison Scarbrough, Editor HART — The father of a 4-year-old boy who died from ingesting fentanyl in a Grant Township home last July pleaded “no contest” to involuntary manslaughter — homicide in 51st Circuit Court Monday, Feb. 13. Jacob Scott Schutter, 32, and Jodi Michelle Neino, 29, are…

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K-9 leads police to fleeing suspect

February 13, 2023

K-9 leads police to fleeing suspect By Allison Scarbrough, Editor HESPERIA — Oceana County Sheriff’s K-9 Lazarus took a bite out of crime when he tracked down a suspect who fled on foot after ditching a stolen car Monday, Feb. 13, around 3 a.m. The suspect, who is a 34-year-old Walkerville man, reportedly fled from an Oceana County sheriff’s deputy…

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