Police news. The following is recent police activity in Oceana County: Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020: 7:15 a.m., (Michigan State Police), car/deer crash, M 20 and 192nd Avenue, Greenwood Township. 11:57 a.m., (Oceana County Sheriff’s Office), methamphetamine possession, East Garfield Road, Greenwood Township. A report is being sent to the Oceana County Prosecutor’s Office for review. 9:01 p.m., (OCSO), a 43-year-old…
Community leader Bill Wells passes away. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – Former Hart mayor and ambulance service pioneer William “Bill” W. Wells, 78, of Hart passed away Saturday, Dec. 26. Wells served many years as mayor and as a city council member. He also was an EMT and served on the Hart Area Fire Department. Wells, a Vietnam veteran,…
Honoring Chief Brooks. ROTHBURY — Grant Township firefighters paid tribute to Grant Township Fire Chief Roland Brooks Sunday, Dec. 27, at the fire station. Brooks, who was the chief for 40 years and served on the fire department for 56 years, passed away Dec. 20. His wife Joan and other family members attended the ceremony. The following was transmitted to…
EF organizers secure alternative dates in August 2021. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. ROTHBURY — The four-day Electric Forest Festival attracts 40,000 or more attendees from across the US and other countries to the Double JJ Resort each year, and organizers have secured two alternative time slots in August of 2021 in case the COVID-19 pandemic prevents the festival from happening…
27th Circuit Court sentencings, posted Dec. 21, 2020. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The following were sentenced recently in Oceana County’s 27th Circuit Court: – Travis Scott Plotts, 27, of 10782 N. Bingham Ave., Bitely, Michigan, was found guilty by a jury Oct. 7 of two counts of fleeing and eluding and one count of using a police radio/scanner/receiver…
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