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Culture, tasty food, warmth, connection on the menu at OCCOA’s ‘Dinners around the World’

January 30, 2026

HART — Despite the snow and cold, over 70 people attended Oceana County Council on Aging’s first “Dinners around the World” event Saturday, Jan. 24.  Diners feasted on a multi-course meal featuring food from India. The menu offered some familiar dishes like butter chicken and some new flavors, like rice pudding made with saffron, cardamom, and pistachios. Participants enjoyed the…

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Hart PD news, published Jan. 30, 2026

January 30, 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 Hart Police Department: Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026: 8:20 a.m., vehicle crash, no injury, 3000 block of Polk Road, City of Hart. 11:03 a.m., open burning, 1000 block of Parmington Avenue, City of Hart. Friday, Jan. 23,…

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Shelby Optimist Club supports youth activities, organizations county-wide

January 30, 2026

Tom Fox and Dale Burmeister honored for 50 years of service SHELBY — Shelby Optimist Club members take a pledge to support youth activities and organizations throughout Oceana County. The Sportsman’s Banquet, the club’s major fundraiser that took place Jan. 21, not only helped to fulfill that pledge, but also showed the community’s eagerness to support the club’s worthy cause. …

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EMS professionals to participate in conference this weekend

January 29, 2026

​​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 MANISTEE — Emergency medical workers from Mason and Oceana counties will receive critical training and engage in professional networking during a conference this weekend at the Little River Casino in partnership with West Shore Community…

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Hart man sentenced to prison for meth delivery, multiple charges

January 29, 2026

Boot camp recommended By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 35-year-old Hart man was sentenced in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Jan. 27, to prison for a conviction of delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine, along with several other convictions. Kash Verlyn Valley, pleaded guilty Jan. 14, 2025 to delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine; possession of cocaine, heroin or another narcotic; driving while…

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