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51st Circuit Court sentences, published Nov. 4, 2025

November 4, 2025

HART — The following were sentenced this week in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Robert Charles Brown, 40, pleaded guilty Sept. 8 to assaulting/resisting/obstructing police and was sentenced Nov. 3 to one year and one day to two years in prison with credit for 140 days served in jail and $198 in fines and costs. In a second file,…

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Volunteers restore historic headstones at Pentwater Township Cemetery

November 4, 2025

PENTWATER TOWNSHIP — Over the spring and summer, members of the Michigan Dunes Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution — Shannon Larson, Brenda Hilderbrandt, and prospective member Melissa Grondsma — led significant restoration efforts at Pentwater Township Cemetery.  Larson, the founder of the Friends of Pentwater Township Cemetery group, worked alongside Hilderbrandt and Grondsma, who are also members…

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Veterans Day events scheduled

November 4, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — Veterans Day is Tuesday, Nov. 11, and Oceana County veterans have organized some special events to commemorate the important day.  The Oceana County Department of Veteran Affairs is hosting a Veterans Day Parade in Hart Saturday, Nov. 8, at 3 p.m. and a 5K race Saturday morning in Shelby. A Veterans Day program…

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Deportation expected for armed robbers

November 3, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — The second of two men was sentenced in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, Nov. 3, for robbing the La Mexicana De Pancho grocery store at gunpoint last December, and he and his accomplice are expected to be deported from the U.S. after serving their prison terms. Jorge Soriano Benitez, 39, of Shelby…

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Handgun, axe involved in argument over property lines, deer stand

November 3, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor OTTO TOWNSHIP — A 57-year-old Rothbury man was arrested by Oceana County sheriff’s deputies on charges of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime following an argument with 45-year-old Newaygo County man in the 7000 block of South 142nd Avenue Thursday, Oct. 30, shortly after 7 p.m., according to…

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