Education

Teacher grant applications open through Sept. 30 

September 15, 2026

OCEANA COUNTY – As the new school year begins, the Oceana Community Foundation has announced that applications are open for its annual Teacher Mini-Grants Program through Sept. 30. Funded through the foundation’s Youth Advisory Council and community partners, the grants provide up to $250 to help public and private school teachers and counselors throughout Oceana County bring creative ideas to…

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WSCC’s Oceana Community Education Center to open soon

September 9, 2026

The facility will be ‘one-stop shopping’ for education, workforce development and community services  WSCC News is a presentation of West Shore Community College in partnership with Mason County Press and Oceana County Press.  By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A vision that has been over a decade in the making will soon become reality when West Shore Community College’s…

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Hart grad earns prestigious scholarship

August 31, 2026

Pirate News is a presentation of Hart Public Schools in partnership with Oceana County Press.  HART — Hart graduate Lluvia Burillo-Castro has earned an exciting opportunity to continue pursuing her dreams after being selected as a fall 2026 recipient of the University of Detroit Mercy’s prestigious Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Scholarship. Burillo-Castro is transferring from West Shore Community College to…

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Deputy McGuigan selected as Pirates’ new SRO

August 27, 2026

Pirate News is a presentation of Hart Public Schools in partnership with Oceana County Press.   HART — When students at Hart Public Schools return to campus for the start of the new school year Wednesday, Sept. 2, they will be greeted by a new school resource officer. Oceana County Sheriff’s Deputy Owen McGuigan has been selected to fill the SRO…

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South Dakota educator hired as Walkerville principal

August 25, 2026

WALKERVILLE — Students at Walkerville Public Schools will begin the new school year with a new principal. John Oleson, an educator from New Underwood, S.D., was hired July 30 as Walkerville’s principal. He replaces Joe Conkle, who accepted an administrative position at the Newaygo County Career Tech Center, which is closer to his home in Hesperia. Conkle served as superintendent/principal…

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