Meeting to address alternating asparagus festival venue between Hart and Shelby. HART — The National Asparagus Festival Board of Directors has scheduled a public meeting for Tuesday, Sept. 13, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Oceana County Services Building at 844 S. Griswold St. “The NAF Board of Directors would like input from the community about returning the festival location…
Hart family opens their home to exchange students year after year. Pirate News is a presentation of Hart Public Schools in partnership with Oceana County Press. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The Bizon family learns about different cultures and languages when hosting exchange students in their home year after year, while the young foreigners live in a warm and…
Migrant worker dies after falling off farm wagon. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART TOWNSHIP — A 30-year-old migrant farm worker riding in a wagon hauling zucchini died after falling off the front of the wagon Wednesday morning, Sept. 7, on Lever Road, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. Ricardo Moreno-Gomez, who is from Guatemala and temporarily living in migrant housing…
Woman, 81, fires handgun at masked man who broke into her home. Suspect disarms woman; assaults elderly husband; flees in their car; and remains on the loose. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — An 81-year-old woman fired a round at a masked man armed with a weapon — possibly a crowbar — who broke into her and her 84-year-old…
Algae bloom detected in Bass Lake . District Health Department #10 officials said an algae bloom was detected on Bass Lake, according to a press release issued Wednesday, Sept. 7. Bass Lake is situated in northern Oceana County and southern Mason County near Pentwater. “On Aug. 24, the Department of Environment Great Lakes and Energy collected samples and sent them…
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