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Oceana County Early Learning Center to open Sept. 28.

September 24, 2020

Oceana County Early Learning Center to open Sept. 28. Openings still available. #OceanaCountyNews By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART TOWNSHIP — Shelby Public Schools and Peterson Farms, Inc. joined forces to open an early learning center in the former Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Oceana Drive that is set to open Monday, Sept. 28. The Oceana County Early Learning Center…

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MSP busy with warrant arrests.

September 24, 2020

MSP busy with warrant arrests. The following is recent activity of the Hart post of the Michigan State Police: Monday, Sept. 21, 2020: – 2 p.m., car/deer crash, US 31 near Oceana Drive, Weare Township. Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020: – 10 p.m., a 32-year-old Hart man was arrested on an outstanding warrant and on charges of driving without a license…

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Shelby getting closer to hiring new police chief, administrator.

September 22, 2020

Shelby getting closer to hiring new police chief, administrator. SHELBY — The Village of Shelby has been without a permanent police chief for nearly two years after the resignation of Ryan Furman Oct. 31, 2018 and a village administrator for about two months following the resignation of Robert Widigan last July. Former Oceana County Sheriff Robert Farber has been filling…

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78th District Court sentencings, Sept. 22, 2020.

September 22, 2020

78th District Court sentencings, Sept. 22, 2020. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The following were sentenced recently in 78th District Court: – Kevin Lee Randol, 45, of 4936 Automobile Rd., Muskegon, was found guilty Sept. 14 of second-offense operating while intoxicated and was sentenced to one year suspended jail; must serve 12 days for failure to pay fines on…

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Murder case dismissed.

September 22, 2020
Murder case dismissed.

Murder case dismissed. Key witness refusing to testify. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. This article was updated Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. with further information. LUDINGTON — The murder, assault and weapon charges against Corey Ryan Beekman, 33, of Free Soil Township were dismissed Tuesday, Sept. 22, in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court. Beekman was accused of murdering William Buchanan,…

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