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…
Long-time fire chief Roland Brooks passes away at age 82. ‘He was probably the most dedicated person in all of Oceana County.’ By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. GRANT TOWNSHIP — Grant Township Fire Chief Roland Brooks, 82, died Sunday afternoon, Dec. 20, at Mercy Health Partners in Muskegon. Brooks served as fire chief for 40 years and had been on the…
Mears man, 78, arrested for sixth drunk driving. GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 78-year-old Mears man was arrested by Oceana County sheriff’s deputies Saturday, Dec. 20, at 3:45 p.m., for third-offense operating while intoxicated, subsequent-offense driving while license suspended (DWLS) and open intoxicants on North 56th Avenue, according to Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The man has been arrested for third-offense…
United Way forms partnership to serve at-risk seniors. HART — The United Way of the Lakeshore, Oceana County, announced the formation of a partnership to help senior shut-ins — the most at-risk population in Oceana County who are suffering from COVID-19 and holiday depression. Starting Monday Dec. 21, care bags are being distributed to 125 Oceana County seniors by volunteers…
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