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News alert: Brush fire in Sherwood Forest.

May 25, 2022

News alert: Brush fire in Sherwood Forest. ROTHBURY — Grant Township Fire Department was dispatched to the Sherwood Forest at the Double JJ Resort for a brush fire Wednesday, May 25, around 9 a.m. Responding firefighters reported it was a small fire. Sherwood Forest is the iconic site within the Electric Forest Festival venue which is scheduled to take place…

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78th District Court arraignments, May 24, 2022.

May 24, 2022

78th District Court arraignments, May 24, 2022. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The following were arraigned recently in 78th District Court: Felonies Travis Scott Plotts, of 11434 Bingham Ave., Bitely; Michigan State Police (MSP); possession of methamphetamine. Probable cause hearing: June 6 at 3 p.m. Bail: $5,000/cash/surety/10 percent. Michael Thomas Sturtevant, of 5938 2 Mile Rd., White Cloud; MSP;…

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Hart wins $10k for gigantic tin man sculpture.

May 24, 2022

Hart wins $10k for gigantic tin man sculpture. HART — The City of Hart placed in the top three at the Put Your Town on the Map pitch competition, winning $10,000 toward building a 24-foot tin man sculpture holding a huge heart to be installed downtown. A panel of judges from the Consumers Energy Foundation and the Community Economic Development…

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Police news, May 23, 2022.

May 23, 2022

Police news, May 23, 2022. The following is recent police activity in Oceana County: Tuesday, May 17, 2022: 6:45 a.m., (Oceana County Sheriff’s Office), domestic assault, 8000 block of West Seapine Drive, Golden Township. 10:50 a.m., (OCSO), a 29-year-old Hesperia man was arrested on an outstanding warrant, South 116th Avenue, Otto Township. 2:11 p.m., (OCSO), a 26-year-old Brohman man was…

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Rifle, tools stolen during break-in.

May 23, 2022

Rifle, tools stolen during break-in. LEAVITT TOWNSHIP — A .22-caliber Magnum Stevens rifle valued at $400 was among several items stolen during a breaking and entering of a pole barn in the 4500 block of North Maple Island Road east of Walkerville, according to Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The intruder or intruders also stole a 6500-volt generator valued at…

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