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Fire destroys trailer

August 12, 2025

GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A mobile home with an addition at 7408 W. Fox Rd. was destroyed by fire Monday morning, Aug. 11, said Hart Fire Chief Dwight Fuehring. The Hart Area Fire Department was assisted by Shelby-Benona and Pentwater fire departments. The cause of the fire is unknown. There was no power or gas connected. A man was living in…

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Storm knocks down wires, trees

August 12, 2025

A thunderstorm Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, took down utility lines in the following locations, according to 911 dispatch information: 8:54 a.m., wires down, Grant Road and 80th Avenue, Shelby Township. 9:06 a.m., tree and wires across the roadway, York Road and 116th Avenue, Elbridge Township. 9:19 a.m., tree fell on wires, Shelby Road and 112th Avenue, Ferry Township. At 9:10…

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Police news, published Aug. 12, 2025

August 12, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  The following is recent activity of the Hart post of the Michigan State Police: Monday, Aug. 4, 2025: 2:36 p.m., a 19-year-old Mason, Michigan woman was cited for allowing an unlicensed driver to operate, US 31 and Hayes Road, Shelby Township. Wednesday, Aug.…

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Stop sticks deployed to halt fleeing suspect

August 11, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. WEARE TOWNSHIP — Pentwater police officers deployed stop sticks to halt the pickup truck of a fleeing suspect Sunday, Aug. 10, around 12:30 a.m., said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The Pentwater Police Department assisted the sheriff’s office by flattening the tires of…

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Man injured in dune crash

August 11, 2025

GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 23-year-old Kalamazoo man was transported to an area hospital after the side-by-side ATV he was driving at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes Sunday, Aug. 10, “overturned several times,” according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report. The man was operating a 2019 Honda SXS 1000 that “was traveling southbound going over Test Hill,” states the…

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