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79th District Court sentencings, published April 4, 2025

April 4, 2025

HART — The following were sentenced recently in Oceana County’s 79th District Court: Gordon Allen Reed, 48, of 141 S. Michigan Ave., Shelby, pleaded guilty March 25 to operating while intoxicated and was sentenced to five days in jail with credit for one day served; six months probation; must complete counseling; and $1,155 in fines and costs. One count of…

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HPD report, published April 3, 2025

April 3, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent activity of the Hart Police Department: Thursday, March 27, 2025: 6:10 p.m., medical assist, 700 block of East Main Street, City of Hart. Friday, March 28, 2025: 3:26 a.m., wellbeing check, 500 block of Church Street, City of Hart.…

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Ehud Asherie Swing Quartet to perform in Hart April 11

April 3, 2025

HART — The Hart Community Performing Arts Series will present the Ehud Asherie Swing Quartet in concert Friday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Hart Public Schools Auditorium.  Tickets are available at the door or at hartseries.org. Largely self-taught, or rather, “old-schooled,” Asherie learned the ropes at Smalls, spending much of his early teens becoming a fixture of the…

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116th Ave. in Ferry closed for road work Thursday

April 3, 2025

FERRY TOWNSHIP — A section of 116th Avenue between Baseline and Dead End (Warren) roads is closed Thursday, April 3, until 4 p.m. for road maintenance, according to the Oceana County Road Commission  “116th Ave will be closed just east of Baseline Road,” states OCRC. “The road will be closed on each side of the road work, and traffic will…

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Teen, law enforcement officers help save judge’s life

April 2, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP, Mason County — Quick thinking by a teenaged passerby, Michigan State Police officers and a Mason County sheriff’s deputy saved the life of 79th District Court Judge John Middlebrook. MSP Sgt. Michael Cuevas, MSP Trooper Matt Demny and Mason County Sheriff’s Deputy Austin Priese were alerted by Landon Mosqueda, 16, of Ludington…

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