
News alert: ORV fire in Silver Lake. GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — The Hart Area Fire Department was dispatched to the Silver Lake Sand Dunes for an ORV that was on fire Friday evening, Aug. 20.

New trooper joins MSP Hart post. LANSING — Michigan communities will soon benefit from the addition of 57 troopers who graduated Friday afternoon, Aug. 20, from the 139th Trooper Recruit School. Trooper Jesse Kidner of Muskegon joins the Hart post. During the ceremony in Lansing, in which Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was the keynote speaker, Col. Joe Gasper, director of the Michigan…

Missing man found alive and well. HART — LaVern Michael Darke, 48, who recently had been reported missing to police, “has been found alive and well,” said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office sent out a press release Friday morning, Aug. 20, asking for the public’s assistance in finding the Hart area man. By the end…

UPDATE: LAVERN DARKE HAS BEEN FOUND ALIVE AND WELL. Police looking for missing Hart area man. HART — The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in finding a missing Hart area man. The sheriff’s office is seeking “any information as to the whereabouts of 48-year-old LaVern Michael Darke. “He is known to drive a rusty 2007…

School leaders outline mask policies as the new school year begins. Pentwater is the only district in Oceana requiring masks. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. OCEANA COUNTY — The state’s top doctor said Wednesday, Aug. 18, that a mask mandate for K-12 schools would help keep children safe when they return to classrooms for the start of 2021-2022 school year, but…