
News alert: Vehicle crash on Hazel Road. HART TOWNSHIP — Life EMS and Hart Area Fire Department were dispatched to a rollover crash on Hazel Road near 100th Avenue Sunday, April 25, around 5:45 p.m.

Asparagus festival parade canceled, but queen pageant still a go. HART — The 2021 National Asparagus Festival will not include the popular Joan Glover Royale Parade due to COVID-19, but there will still be an Asparagus Queen Pageant. A post on the organization’s Facebook page states the following: “The NAF board met and discussed all aspects of potential events and…

Oceana County Right to Life hosts movie night. HART — Oceana County Right to Life is sponsoring a free movie night Thursday, April 29, at 7 p.m. at Hart Wesleyan Church, 3757 W. Polk Rd. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The movie is “October Baby,” and there will be time afterwards to discuss the movie. Refreshments will follow, and a…

Fire destroys house. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. GRANT TOWNSHIP — Fire destroyed a house at 3215 Cleveland Road near Rothbury Friday evening, April 23. The fire started in the garage where a person was working on a motorcycle. Gas leaked out of the motorcycle, which was then ignited by a portable heater in the garage, said Grant Township Fire Chief…

Honoring a legend. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. GRANT TOWNSHIP — Area firefighters, police officers, EMTs and emergency personnel paid tribute to Grant Township Fire Chief Roland Brooks with a procession from the fire station near Rothbury to his funeral service in Shelby Saturday morning, April 24. Brooks served as fire chief for 40 years and had been on the fire…