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MSP: Expect ‘significant increase in traffic’ for Electric Forest

June 22, 2026

GRANT TOWNSHIP — The Electric Forest Festival draws tens of thousands of festival attendees to the Double JJ Resort in Rothbury each year, and the Michigan State Police, Hart post, is reminding drivers to be cautious on US 31 as the festival begins this week. MSP issued the following traffic advisory: The Electric Forest Festival kicks off this week, and…

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Man injured when car hits tree

June 22, 2026

GRANT TOWNSHIP — A 72-year-old Rothbury man was transported by Life EMS to Trinity Health Muskegon Hospital Sunday, June 21, around 2:30 p.m. after the 2018 Chevrolet Cruze he was driving hit a tree on West Wilke Road near 102nd Avenue, according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report. The car was traveling west on Wilke Road when it…

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Hesperia man arrested after trooper finds sword inside cane during traffic stop

June 22, 2026

HART — A 61-year-old Hesperia man was arrested after a Michigan State Police trooper found a sword inside a walking cane during a traffic stop on US 31 near Winston Road Thursday, June 11, at 10:30 a.m., according to Sgt. Michael Cuevas. Theodore Alva Short was arraigned in Oceana County’s 79th District Court on a felony charge of carrying a…

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Cracked windshield leads to 3 arrests

June 22, 2026

WALKERVILLE — A cracked windshield led to the arrest of three people who are each charged with resisting and obstructing police, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. A traffic stop was initiated on Main Street near 176th Avenue Tuesday, June 16, around 1:20 p.m. The driver, who is a 65-year-old Hart man, and two other people who got involved in…

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OWI arrests top sheriff’s office activity

June 22, 2026

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 Oceana County Sheriff’s Office: Tuesday, June 16, 2026: 11:30 a.m., malicious destruction of property, 44th Avenue and Clay Road, Claybanks Township. Wednesday, June 17, 2026: 11:01 p.m., a 43-year-old Shelby woman was cited for operating without…

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