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Huge hug! World record group-hug attempt at Electric Forest

March 27, 2015
Huge hug! World record group-hug attempt at Electric Forest

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. GRANT TWP. — Gather 40,000 people together to embrace the beauty of music, art and nature, and what do you think should happen? Well, of course an attempt at breaking the world record for the largest group hug should happen. Electric Forest will attempt to break the record Friday, June 26, at 2:30 p.m. The…

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Hesperia-area home damaged by fire

March 26, 2015
Hesperia-area home damaged by fire

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. BEAVER TWP. (Newaygo Co.) — A home located at 5275 N. Dickinson Rd. received extensive interior damage Thursday afternoon, March 26, due to a fire caused by a wood stove. No one was injured. The homeowners, Ernest and Verta Batch, did not have insurance on the home, and the family is planning to make arrangements…

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Rumble by the River IV wrestling event is Saturday.

March 26, 2015

MANISTEE — Professional wrestling fans, it’s time to rumble. WJC Wrestling Entertainment and Northern Impact Championship Wrestling will present Rumble by the River IV on Saturday, March 28 at the Manistee National Guard Armory. The event features wrestlers Monster Monahan, Big Chuck Wagon, the Karma Police, Gideon Malice, Jack Verville, Benjamin Boone and Ludington’s own Corey Ottgen, among others. The…

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Fire damages 2-year-old home

March 25, 2015
Fire damages 2-year-old home

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. PENTWATER TWP. — A home that had been built just two years ago at 6909 Hilltop Court in the Madison Ridge Subdivision received extensive interior damage due to a fire Wednesday night, March 25. No one was injured in the blaze, but the homeowners’ cat could not immediately be found. Pentwater and Hart fire departments…

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DNR, ‘duners’ reach a resolution; Silver Lake State Park opens April 1

March 25, 2015
DNR, ‘duners’ reach a resolution; Silver Lake State Park opens April 1

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. GOLDEN TWP. — It’s been a long process, but it looks like the DNR and the Silver Lake “duners” have reached a resolution to deal with the long lines to enter the sand dunes — at least for the upcoming season. The agreement comes just in time for the annual opening of the Silver Lake…

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