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Man pleads ‘no contest’ for gross indecency involving 10-year-old girl

July 15, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 41-year-old Holland man pleaded “no contest” to gross indecency between a male and female in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, July 15. Christopher Matthew Kubacki committed gross indecency involving a 10-year-old girl at a local hotel. Kubacki will serve 13 months to five years in prison and must register as a…

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Saranac man, 20, sent to prison for sexually assaulting boy at church camp

July 15, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 20-year-old Saranac man was sentenced to 55 months to 15 years in prison in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, July 15, for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy at a Christian youth camp. William David Kastanek, who was 18 years old at the time, sexually assaulted the boy at Camp Ao-Wa-Kiya in…

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Driver reportedly hits state park employee with car, flees

July 15, 2024

GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a vehicle hit-and-run in which a driver allegedly struck a DNR Silver Lake State Park worker with his vehicle and fled the scene in the parking lot of the state park’s pedestrian area of the dunes Sunday, July 14, around 4:45 p.m., according to Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. There…

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Woman arrested for meth, brass knuckles and bond violation

July 15, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. HART TOWNSHIP — A 46-year-old Hart woman was arrested for methamphetamine possession, bond violation and carrying a concealed weapon — brass knuckles on West Tyler Road near 104th Avenue Thursday, July 11, shortly after 1:30 a.m., according to Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast.…

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News alert: radiator fluid leak at Silver Lake roundabout

July 15, 2024

GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — Hart Area Fire Department was dispatched to the roundabout in Silver Lake for a radiator leak following a vehicle crash Monday, July 15, shortly before 12:15 p.m. The 911 caller reported to Central Dispatch that a delivery truck’s radiator was punctured in the crash, and radiator fluid was leaking into the sewer. No injuries were reported in…

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