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6 organizations receive nearly $10,000 from Great Lakes Energy People Fund.

January 11, 2016

Six Oceana County organizations have received grants totaling almost $10,000 from the Great Lakes Energy People Fund. During 2015, the People Fund awarded $206,294 in grants to charitable and community organizations. The Great Lakes Energy People Fund is supported solely by Great Lakes Energy members who allow their electric cooperative to round up their bill each month to the next…

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Council meeting moved to high school.

January 11, 2016

SHELBY — The regularly-scheduled village council meeting set for Monday, Jan. 11, at 7 p.m. has been moved from the village hall to the Shelby High School Auditorium, at 641 N. State Street. Please enter through the front entrance of the high school.

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City to amend medical marijuana growing ordinance due to odor complaints.

January 11, 2016
City to amend medical marijuana growing ordinance due to odor complaints.

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The process of growing marijuana can create a strong odor, and city officials are working to eliminate the odor problem by amending its medical marijuana growing ordinance. Amendments to the city ordinance include a requirement that all growing operations are equipped with a filtration system and that they are located at least 500…

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Police seek info.

January 11, 2016
Police seek info.

HART — The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information from anyone who gave a man a ride from the Walkerville area to the Hart area Saturday night, Jan. 9 or early Sunday morning, Jan. 10. OCSO is confirming the man’s activities and timeline, Lt. Craig Mast said. He is not missing. Please call the sheriff’s office at 231-873-2121 if…

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27th Circuit Court sentencings.

January 9, 2016
27th Circuit Court sentencings.

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The following were sentenced recently in 27th Circuit Court: – Freddie Lee Patterson II, 29, of 1923 Ray St., Muskegon, was found guilty Nov. 9 of assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer. He was sentenced Jan. 4 to serve four months forthwith of a one-year discretionary jail sentence, with credit for three days served, and…

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