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MSP to host citizens’ academy.

September 19, 2016
MSP to host citizens’ academy.

#OceanaCountyNews #MichiganStatePolice HART — The Hart post of the Michigan State Police is pleased to announce that a Citizens’ Academy will begin Oct. 10 and run through Nov. 28. The eight-week academy will give citizens the opportunity to become familiar with the MSP’s mission and operation; understand the procedures troopers follow; increase their awareness of law enforcement’s role in the…

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Foundation promotes philanthropy to tackle Oceana’s challenges.

September 17, 2016

Oceana ranks 67th out of 83 Michigan counties in quality, length of life. #OceanaCountyNews #CommunityFoundationOfOceanaCounty Too many Oceana residents face sobering, daily challenges. Forty percent of households earn less than the basic cost of living. The jobless rate is always higher than most of Michigan’s 83 counties. Thirty percent of children 17-and-under live in poverty. One in five births are…

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Free mammograms through health department.

September 16, 2016
Free mammograms through health department.

#OceanaCountyNews #DistrictHealthDepartment10 HART – District Health Department #10 (DHD#10) has a program that offers free mammograms. Sign up is easy, and no appointment at the health department is necessary. Women seeking eligibility information or who would like to learn more, call (888) 217-3904, and select option # 2. Health department staff can easily get women enrolled and a mammogram ordered…

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Dallas Brass to perform in Hart, Sept. 24.

September 16, 2016
Dallas Brass to perform in Hart, Sept. 24.

#OceanaCountyArts #WestShoreCommunityCollege HART — The West Shore Community College Performing Arts Series opens its 2016-2017 season with a concert by the Dallas Brass on Sept. 24, 7:30 p.m., at the Hart Middle School Auditorium. “It is an honor to have a world-renown instrumental ensemble to open our current series. It is also an opportunity to collaborate with Mr. Tom Kirk,…

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EF death caused by drugs, including horse tranquilizer.

September 16, 2016
EF death caused by drugs, including horse tranquilizer.

#OceanaCountyNews #ElectricForestFestival2016 GRANT TOWNSHIP – A 22-year-old Lansing man who died at the end of the five-day Electric Forest Festival at the Double JJ Resort had taken a fatal cocktail of drugs, including the horse tranquilizer ketamine. Michael John Stephenson was found in the midst of a medical emergency as festival goers were exiting the grounds the morning of June…

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