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Exhaustive searches reveal no clues for missing man.

March 1, 2017

Exhaustive searches reveal no clues for missing man. #OceanaCountyNews #BringRyanHome By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. SUMMIT TOWNSHIP, (Mason County) — Numerous searches along the Lake Michigan coastline over the last two weeks involving planes, helicopters, drones, tracking dogs, dive teams, sonar equipment, an ATV and numerous searchers on foot have yielded no clues as to the whereabouts of 50-year-old Ryan Walsworth…

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Media Group 31 launches West Michigan Menu Guide.

February 28, 2017

Media Group 31 launches West Michigan Menu Guide. SCOTTVILLE — Media Group 31, LLC, the parent company of Mason County Press, Oceana County Press, and Manistee County Press, has launched a new website, www.WestMichiganMenuGuide.com, which features contact information, locations and menus from local restaurants. “We started to hear back from a lot of our clients that there really isn’t an…

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Heated budget controversy jeopardizes fire department.

February 28, 2017

Heated budget controversy jeopardizes fire department. #OceanaCountyNews #WalkervilleFireAndRescue By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. ELBRIDGE TOWNSHIP — A meeting of the Walkerville Area Joint Fire and Rescue Authority sparked by a budget controversy drew at least 70 people to the Elbridge Township Hall last Wednesday evening, Feb. 22. There were so many citizens in attendance, that the meeting took place in the…

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Ham radio training, licensing at Mason-Oceana 911

February 27, 2017

Ham radio training, licensing at Mason-Oceana 911. WEARE TOWNSHIP  — Mason-Oceana 911 will be hosting a “Ham In A Day” class on Saturday, March 25, 2017 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with testing at 3 p.m. “Amateur radio operation is now formally built into emergency communication responses at all levels,” said Mason-Oceana 911 Director Ray Hasil.  “Whether it is…

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Naked man runs through streets of Hart.

February 27, 2017

Naked man runs through streets of Hart. #OceanaCountyNews #PoliceNews HART — An 18-year-old man who resides at a local adult foster care (AFC) home ran two blocks from the corner of Wood and Hart streets to State Street wearing only his socks Thursday, Feb. 23, at 6:30 p.m., according to Hart Police chief Juan Salazar. The man, who apparently was…

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