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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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Domestic assaults, break-in among police activity

March 24, 2015
Domestic assaults, break-in among police activity

The police news is sponsored by VanderHaag Car Sales of Scottville, 231-757-2727, www.vanderhaagcarsales.com and Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart),www.springsteadlaw.com. Recent local law enforcement activity includes: Thursday, March 19, 2015: – 9 p.m., (Hart Police Department), a 38-year-old Hart man was arrested for domestic assault, Courtland St. Saturday, March 21, 2015: – 8 a.m.,  (Michigan…

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Chainsaws stolen from tree trimming business

March 24, 2015
Chainsaws stolen from tree trimming business

CLAYBANKS TWP. — A larceny of four chainsaws valued at a total of $3,400 from a pole barn at Perez Tree Service, at 7469 S. 64th Ave., was recently reported to the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office. Intruders gained access to the pole barn some time between March 16 and March 17, OCSO Lt. Craig Mast said. “They realized that some…

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WSCC narrows presidential search to 11, more interviews planned in early April.

March 20, 2015

VICTORY TWP.  (Mason Co.) – The search for West Shore Community College’s next president has been narrowed from 60 applicants to 11 candidates. The 11-member selection committee, appointed by the Board of Trustees last December, met in closed session all-day Friday to reduce the field of candidates, WSCC Director of College Relations Thom Hawley said late Friday afternoon. The committee…

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