Gear up for some fun in the sun during Pentwater Homecoming Sand Sculpture Contest. PENTWATER — Pentwater’s annual summer celebration, Homecoming, is back this year after a hiatus in 2020 due to COVID-19. This year’s Sand Sculpture Contest Aug. 13 will draw dozens of teams that are now beginning to organize and plan this year’s design. Trophies will be awarded…
Virtual community update on internet expansion Aug. 10. OCEANA COUNTY — The Oceana County Economic Alliance is hosting a virtual community update via Zoom video conferencing Tuesday, Aug. 10, at 8 a.m. to provide results of the Oceana County Broadband Survey that was administered through Connect Michigan last spring. Recommendations for building an “Oceana County Technology Plan to become a Connected…
Dig into the historical society’s ‘shipwreck files’ and uncover a treasure trove of information. By Betty Driscoll, Oceana County Historical and Genealogical Society. It happened in fog so thick that land lubbers couldn’t see the nearly 600-foot-long ships as they passed near the Straits of Mackinac. Loaded with calcite or ore, their May 7, 1965 voyage was just another delivery,…
Teen faces 5-15 years in prison for 3rd-degree CSC. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — An 18-year-old Muskegon man faces serving a five to 15 year prison term after pleading guilty to third-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) in 27th Circuit Court Monday, July 26. Dwight Bernard McKinney is one of four Muskegon men facing CSC charges in connection to a…
MSP busy with crashes over the weekend. The following is recent activity in the Oceana County of the Michigan State Police, Hart post: Saturday, July 24, 2021: 12:15 a.m., two-vehicle crash, no injuries, 72nd Avenue and Tyler Road, Hart Township. 10:30 a.m., a 60-year-old New Era man was arrested for assault, Oneida Trail near Cherokee Bend, Grant Township. Sunday, July…
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