WHITE CLOUD — A Hesperia gym teacher accused of assaulting a student has been found not guilty. The Newaygo County Prosecutor’s Office charged Douglas Baird last spring with two counts of assault and battery. Baird was acquitted in a jury trial Tuesday, Oct. 28. Baird was ousted as wrestling coach last year. An April 24 incident involving a student caused…
GRANT TWP. — Double JJ co-owner Norman Halbower contacted OCP to let readers know that the illnesses that occurred Wednesday morning, Oct. 29, at the Sundance Saloon were very likely caused by dehydration. “That is an educated prognosis,” said Halbower, who recently took over ownership of the resort with his son, Matthew. The pair own and operate Antler Bar Amusements.…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. GRANT TWP. — Two people became ill at the Double JJ Resort’s Sundance Saloon Wednesday morning, Oct. 29, but fire department officials ruled out carbon monoxide poisoning. “We didn’t find any carbon monoxide,” said Grant Township Fire Chief Roland Brooks. “We looked all over and none was found.” The fire department and Oceana EMS were…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART – A Mears man convicted of fatally dragging a golden retriever behind a truck back in 2011 will spend the next 90 days in jail. Luke Kincaid Morgan, 34, was sentenced to nine months discretionary jail with 90 days forthwith by 27th Circuit Court Judge Anthony A. Monton Monday, Oct. 27. Morgan had been…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. WEARE TWP. — A Michigan Freeze Pack truck carrying a load of carrots flipped over on Oceana Drive near 72nd Avenue at approximately 10 a.m. Monday, causing one lane of Oceana Drive to be closed off briefly so the carrot spill could be cleaned up. The 62-year-old man driving the 1979 Ford dump truck received…
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