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No confirmed COVID-19 cases in Oceana County.

March 25, 2020

No confirmed COVID-19 cases in Oceana County. COVID-19 cases in the 10-county District Health Department #10 area have risen to six total as a new confirmed case was reported in Kalkaska County Wednesday, March 25. There are also positive cases in Manistee, Newaygo and Wexford counties. Kalkaska and Newaygo counties each have two COVID cases. There are 2,295 confirmed cases…

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Pirate News: Hart distributes 9,800 meals in a half hour.

March 25, 2020

Pirate News: Hart distributes 9,800 meals in a half hour. Pirate News is a service of Hart Public Schools in cooperation with Oceana County Press By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — Hart Public Schools distributed 9,800 meals — an entire week’s worth of food per student — Wednesday, March 25, amid the state-wide school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.…

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Sheriff: Deputies will not stop people to ask about their travels.

March 25, 2020

Sheriff: Deputies will not stop people to ask about their travels. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast wants the community to know that his deputies will not stop people to ask about their travels during the Stay Home, Stay Safe order. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a “Stay Home, Stay Safe” Executive Order (EO 2020-21), Monday,…

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City of Hart closes playgrounds, sports fields.

March 24, 2020

City of Hart closes playgrounds, sports fields. HART — The City of Hart announced Tuesday, March 24, that it is closing playgrounds and sports fields to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “At this time, we are closing park playgrounds as we cannot keep the equipment sanitized and we cannot assure that proper social distancing is adhered to when using playground…

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Schools offer new meal distribution plans with stay home order.

March 24, 2020

Schools offer new meal distribution plans with stay home order. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. Following the announcement of the Stay Home, Stay Safe order to slow the spread of COVID-19 signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer Monday, March 23, local schools are offering meal distribution plans that provide more food with less contact occurrences. HART Hart Public Schools will provide a…

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