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Pentwater students clean up during 16th Annual Community Pride Day.

May 21, 2021

Pentwater students clean up during 16th Annual Community Pride Day. PENTWATER — Pentwater Public Schools requires that graduating seniors must put in 40 hours of community service in order to graduate.  “One of the ways we help them earn some of these hours is through our Annual Community Pride Day,” said Superintendent/Principal Scott Karaptian.  Every year in May, Pentwater students…

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No injuries in pickup vs. semi truck crash.

May 20, 2021

No injuries in pickup vs. semi truck crash. HART TOWNSHIP — No one was injured in a pickup truck vs. semi truck crash at Oceana Drive and Lever Road Thursday, May 20, around 11 a.m., according to Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. No other information was immediately available. Please consider helping to fund local news. Mason County Press and Oceana…

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Women Who Care group has donated $502,000 to local nonprofits so far.

May 20, 2021

Women Who Care group has donated $502,000 to local nonprofits so far. WWC begins its 10th year with a meeting June 1. COVID-19’s disruption of community life failed to sidetrack the Women Who Care of Oceana County (WWC) the past 12 months. These area women — now numbering 140 strong — continued combining their $100 personal contributions every three months…

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Case moves forward against former Oceana County man in deadly crash.

May 19, 2021

Case moves forward against former Oceana County man in deadly crash. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — The criminal case against a 27-year-old former Oceana County man accused of killing a Scottville couple and their unborn baby in a vehicle crash last March is moving forward in 79th District Court. David Allen Wellington, 27, of 7119 E. 12 Rd., Manton…

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Child, 6, hit by pickup truck receives minor injuries.

May 18, 2021

Child, 6, hit by pickup truck receives minor injuries. HART — A 6-year-old child hit by a pickup truck Saturday, May 15, on East Main Street sustained minor injuries, according to Hart Police Chief Juan Salazar. “On Saturday, May 15, 2021, at approximately 1:05 p.m., the Hart Police Department was dispatched to the 200 block of East Main Street referencing…

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