Man sentenced to jail for break-in, bad check HART — A 37-year-old New Era man who crawled through a dog door to get inside his ex-wife’s Grant Township house was sentenced to 19 days in jail with credit for 19 days served in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court this week. Matthew Charles Dukes, pleaded guilty, Jan. 9, to breaking and…
‘Surge of winter weather’ causes crashes OCEANA COUNTY — “A surge of winter weather” caused several vehicle crashes Thursday morning, March 23, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. A crash shortly before 8 a.m. on M 20 near 88th Avenue in Shelby Township resulted in both lanes of the highway to close for about a half hour, according to the…
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Seasonal road restrictions lifted Monday HART – Seasonal weight and speed restrictions on county roads that began Feb. 8 will be lifted Monday, March 27, at 6 a.m., according to the Oceana County Road Commission. In an effort to protect the roads from damage by heavy trucks, the road commission imposed seasonal weight and speed restrictions. For more information, contact…
Community members’ quick actions save man’s life ‘On that night, a community came together and saved a life.’ PENTWATER — They say “it takes a village,” and community members from the Village of Pentwater certainly proved that on the night of Jan. 27. An elderly Lake County man’s life was saved at a school basketball game thanks to many community…
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