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Senior center serves as venue for criminal jury trials.

September 17, 2020

Senior center serves as venue for criminal jury trials. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — In the era of COVID-19, court staff is working closely with the community to secure venues so the court schedule keeps moving along. The courtrooms are not big enough to accommodate proper social distancing, so larger facilities in the community are being used. Oceana’s 27th…

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HPD news.

September 17, 2020

HPD news. ​ The following is recent activity of the Hart Police Department: Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020: – 2:33 p.m., motorist assist, 1000 block of Industrial Park Drive, City of Hart. – 7:50 p.m., a 37-year-old Hart man was arrested for a conditional bond release violation, 400 block of Church Street, City of Hart. Friday, Sept. 11, 2020: – 1:50…

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Bullets found near soccer field trigger school lockdown.

September 17, 2020

Bullets found near soccer field trigger school lockdown. PENTWATER – Pentwater Public School was put on lockdown Thursday morning, Sept. 17, after police found bullets in a magazine on Park Street in front of the soccer fields, according to Superintendent Scott Karapatian. “At 9:49 a.m. today, Pentwater Police Department was dispatched to a report of a loaded pistol magazine being…

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Pirate News: Adapting to a new normal during COVID-19.

September 16, 2020

Pirate News: Adapting to a new normal during COVID-19. Pirate News is a service of Hart Public Schools in cooperation with Oceana County Press. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — Although the school atmosphere has changed due to COVID-19, students and staff at Hart Public Schools are finding normalcy. Students returned to in-person instruction at the start of the 2020-21…

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Quad rider ‘pops wheelie’ in front of deputy, falls into gravel.

September 14, 2020

Quad rider ‘pops wheelie’ in front of deputy, falls into gravel. GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 19-year-old Grand Blanc man was cited for careless driving after he allegedly “popped a wheelie” while riding a quad in an Oceana County sheriff deputy’s lane of travel on Fox Road near the Silver Lake State Park’s ORV welcome area Sunday, Sept. 13, around 4…

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