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Police looking for person of interest in counterfeit money case

June 23, 2025

HESPERIA — The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office is seeking a person of interest in a counterfeit money fraud case at Ed’s Orchard Market, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. A fake $100 bill was used at the grocery store, and it was reported to police Sunday, June 22, shortly before 6 p.m.  A surveillance photo shows the male person of…

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Toddler drowns in family pool

June 23, 2025

FERRY TOWNSHIP — A 16-month-old old boy drowned in a backyard pool Sunday, June 22, around 6 p.m. at a home in the 4200 block of South 132nd Avenue, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. Deputies were dispatched to the residence where “they found a very distraught family who was trying to attend to a 16-month-old male toddler who had…

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Muskegon man dies in US 31 crash near Rothbury

June 23, 2025

GRANT TOWNSHIP — A 66-year-old Muskegon man died in a single-vehicle crash on US 31 near Rothbury Sunday, June 22, around 3:15 p.m., according to Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. “Yesterday afternoon, the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single-vehicle accident on US 31 near Park Rd. in Grant Township,” said Sheriff Mast in a press release issued Monday…

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Police news, published June 23, 2025

June 23, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent activity of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office: Wednesday, June 18, 2025: 6:04 p.m., a 54-year-old Hesperia man was arrested for violating his bond and trespassing, 9100 block of East M 20, Newfield Township. He was lodged in the Oceana…

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Electric Forest’s Art Bar taps forest goers’ creativity

June 22, 2025

By Ross Field, Contributing Writer ROTHBURY — Nestled deep in the towering pines of the Sherwood Forest, the Art Bar has been a popular wayside stop, a quiet oasis in the shade, for folks wandering between the Ranch Arena and Sherwood Court stages since 2015.  Over the course of the festival the Art Bar offers craft projects for folks to…

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