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Logging truck on fire near Hesperia.

September 20, 2021

Logging truck on fire near Hesperia. GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP — Report of a logging truck on fire at 168th Avenue and Garfield Road Monday, Sept. 20, shortly before 2:30 p.m.

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Dive team explores 80-year-old Lake Michigan shipwreck near the sand dunes.

September 17, 2021

Dive team explores 80-year-old Lake Michigan shipwreck near the sand dunes. GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team explored an 80-year-old shipwreck in Lake Michigan near the Silver Lake Sand Dunes as a training exercise Thursday, Sept. 16. Divers explored the Novadoc, which was a 253-foot-long steel freighter built in 1928. “We have a shipwreck in our…

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Boater criminally charged for hitting woman on Wave Runner.

September 17, 2021

Boater criminally charged for hitting woman on Wave Runner. HART — A 70-year-old Grand Haven man has been charged with a high-court misdemeanor in connection to a boating accident that injured a 53-year-old Hart woman who was riding a Wave Runner on Crystal Lake last month. Mark Adalor Twa, of 902 Slayton Ave., is charged marine safety — negligent crippling/homicide,…

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Fire board to buy station from city to make $230,000 in improvements.

September 17, 2021

Fire board to buy station from city to make $230,000 in improvements. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The Hart Area Fire Administrative Board plans to purchase the fire station from the city in order to make capital improvements, according to Hart City Manager Rob Splane. The city has agreed to sell the building located on State Street to the fire board for…

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78th District Court arraignments, Sept. 16, 2021.

September 16, 2021

78th District Court arraignments, Sept. 16, 2021. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The following were arraigned recently in 78th District Court: Felonies -Jacob Andrew Matthews, 42, of 2590 W. Monroe Rd., Hart; Oceana County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO); felony of third-offense operating while intoxicated (OWI). Bail: $7,500/cash/surety/10 percent. Probable cause hearing: Sept. 20 at 3 p.m.   -Michael James Sutton,…

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