HART — Applications to be the next asparagus queen are now open, and applications are due by midnight April 1. Click here for application and eligibility requirements. The 2026 National Asparagus Festival is set for June 12-14. Previous queens throughout the history of the National Asparagus Festival: Asparagus Queen 2025 — Shelby Purdy Asparagus Queen 2023 — Emma Woller Asparagus…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent Oceana County Sheriff’s Office activity: Monday, Feb. 9, 2026: 8:28 p.m., larceny of two firearms, which were recovered, 6500 block of Rossell Lake Road, Colfax Township. The report was turned over to the Oceana County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. 10:21…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor SHELBY — Thanks to good police work by School Resource Officer Tim Simon and detectives Donnie Hansen and Mark Hiddema of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office, the Shelby public school district avoided being defrauded in a $120,000 money laundering scheme. The scheme, which involved ordering electronics from Amazon and having them delivered to different locations…
HESPERIA — The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office investigated an attempted fraud Friday, Feb. 13, on Michigan Avenue involving a missing cat. “Someone was wanting money in reference to a missing feline,” said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. “The pet owner posted information online after her cat went missing, so people could contact her in case her cat was found. “She…
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Several tools, valued at over $2,300, were stolen during a break-in to the maintenance shop at the Oceana Golf Club on Weaver Road, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The intruder or intruders gained access to the building by removing the hasp to a padlock. The break-in was reported Feb. 10, said Sheriff Mast. Items taken include…
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