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Man injured in dune crash

August 11, 2025

GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 23-year-old Kalamazoo man was transported to an area hospital after the side-by-side ATV he was driving at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes Sunday, Aug. 10, “overturned several times,” according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report. The man was operating a 2019 Honda SXS 1000 that “was traveling southbound going over Test Hill,” states the…

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Man injured after being thrown from quad in rollover crash

August 11, 2025

GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 68-year-old River Grove, Illinois man was injured Saturday, Aug. 8, shortly before 3 p.m. at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes when he was ejected from the 2023 Can Am quad that he was driving during a rollover crash, according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report. According to the report, he was treated at the…

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Scam targets sex offender registrants

August 11, 2025

HART — The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents that there is a phone scam targeting sex offender registrants. “There is a new scam going around the county involving SOR registrants,” said Sgt. Jeremy Swihart. “In the last two days, we have had numerous calls from people that have been contacted by phone telling them they need to pay…

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Hart Community Performing Arts Series announces concert lineup for 2025-26 season

August 8, 2025

HART — The Hart Community Performing Arts Series recently announced its schedule of concerts for the 2025–2026 season. The season will begin Friday, Oct. 10 with a concert by the Kris Johnson Group. Kris Johnson is an empathetic, intelligent, and efficient trumpeter, composer, arranger, film composer, and educator based in Detroit. With contributions to six Grammy-nominated albums as a trumpeter…

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Hart PD report, published Aug. 8, 2025

August 8, 2025

The following is recent activity of the Hart Police Department: Thursday, July 31, 2025: 3:43 p.m., wellbeing check, Polk Road and Griswold Street, City of Hart. 4 p.m., wellbeing check, 1000 block of Mason Avenue, City of Hart. 4:55 p.m., larceny, 4000 block of Polk Road, City of Hart. 7:08 p.m., peacekeeping, 10 block of North Griswold Street, City of…

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