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Firefighters extinguish lawn mower fire

May 8, 2024

Local firefighters respond to several other fires over the past several days BENONA TOWNSHIP — Firefighters from the Shelby-Benona Fire Department extinguished a burning riding lawn mower Tuesday afternoon, May 7. “Just before 4 o’clock this afternoon, the department was dispatched to a vehicle fire in Benona Township,” states the department’s Facebook page. “Per the dispatch information, a riding lawnmower…

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51st Circuit Court sentencings, posted May 7, 2024

May 7, 2024

HART — The following were sentenced Monday, May 6, 2024 in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Krystel Lyne Anderson, 39, pleaded guilty Aug. 29, 2023 to methamphetamine possession and was sentenced May 6, 2024 to 10 months in jail with credit for 40 days served and $398 in fines and costs. – Alexander Lee Evelhoch, 29, pleaded guilty March…

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Hart High School student awarded free car thanks to late principal’s legacy 

May 7, 2024

Pirate News is a presentation of Hart Public Schools in partnership with Oceana County Press.  By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — As Hart High School students and staff continue to mourn the loss of their beloved principal Troy Moran who died unexpectedly of a heart attack April 27, they gathered at the football field Monday May 6 to award…

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Children digging in flower bed find handgun stolen 50 years ago

May 6, 2024

FERRY TOWNSHIP — Some children who were digging in a flower bed while doing yard work last week dug up a 1851 Colt black powder revolver that had been reported stolen June 1, 1974, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The relic gun was rusted and inoperable, said Sheriff Mast. It was reported to police Monday, April 29, in the…

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MSP seeking public’s help in locating attempted kidnappers

May 6, 2024

UPDATE: MSP reporting Tuesday, May 7, that a similar incident was reported in Montague. WEARE TOWNSHIP — A white man with a mustache who is about 40-50 years old and an older white woman in a white minivan with dark windows reportedly attempted to abduct a child Friday, May 3, according to the Michigan State Police. MSP troopers from the…

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