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Woman, girl die when car hits semi tanker in Muskegon County

December 10, 2025

EGELSTON TOWNSHIP (Muskegon County) — A 51-year-old woman and a 9-year-old girl died in a car vs. semi tanker truck crash Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 10:18 a.m. on Maple Island Road north of Sullivan Road, according to the Muskegon County Sheriff’s Office. “It was determined that a car traveling north on North Maple Island Road lost control and crossed the…

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51st Circuit Court sentences, published Dec. 10, 2025

December 10, 2025

HART — The following were sentenced this week in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Ted Robert Soltow, 67, pleaded guilty Sept. 18 to methamphetamine/ecstasy possession and was sentenced Dec. 8 to 24 days in jail with credit for 24 days served; 18 months probation; and $598 in fines and costs. One count of possession of cocaine, heroin or another…

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Jury finds man guilty of possession with intent to deliver meth

December 5, 2025

Over 80 grams of meth confiscated by police By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A jury found a 48-year-old Muskegon man guilty of multiple felony charges in connection to a meth dealing operation. Joshua Charles Averill, 48, of Muskegon was found guilty of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a short-barreled shotgun and…

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Murder case moves to higher court

December 2, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — The criminal case against a 46-year-old Ferry Township woman accused of murdering her husband was bound over from Oceana County’s 79th District Court to 51st Circuit Court following a preliminary exam Tuesday, Dec. 2. Shale Nicole Campos is charged with open murder and felony firearm for the shooting death of her 46-year-old husband,…

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Couple charged with child abuse in connection to baby’s death

November 25, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 27-year-old mother and her 34-year-old boyfriend are charged with multiple counts of child abuse in connection to the death of her son, 7-month-old Maverick Lyle Bouck.  Elizabeth LynnLanor Hogan and Devin Austin Brown-Fowler, who both have the same Hartford, Mich. address, are each charged with one count of second-degree child abuse, third-degree…

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