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Great news, beer lovers! Microbrewery coming to Hart

December 11, 2014
Great news, beer lovers! Microbrewery coming to Hart

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — Dave Hansen, who owns Hansen Foods, just got the official go-ahead from the city to open a microbrewery on Polk Rd. Right down the road from his popular grocery store, the microbrewery and restaurant named “Big Hart Brewing Company” will open in the former Schlee Automotive & Sales Service building at 4086 W.…

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Proposed Silver Lake voucher system sparks outrage

December 11, 2014
Proposed Silver Lake voucher system sparks outrage

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. SILVER LAKE — Local sand dune enthusiasts are outraged by a new voucher system at Silver Lake State Park apparently being voted on today, Dec. 11, in Lansing that they feel will lock them out of the sand dunes on the weekends and overburden them with additional fees. Bill Loomis, who administers a Facebook page,…

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DEQ targets Hart Dam

December 11, 2014
DEQ targets Hart Dam

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — Approximately 30 people, including city officials, consultants and local residents, attended a public meeting in the city hall community center Wednesday evening, Dec. 10, that focused on the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s claim that the city is violating water quality standards due to the Hart Dam. The DEQ issue stems from temperatures…

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Governor orders flags lowered in honor of fallen deputy.

December 10, 2014

LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Rick Snyder today ordered U.S. flags within the state Capitol complex and on all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff on Friday, Dec. 12 in honor of former Ingham County Sheriff’s Deputy Grant William Whitaker, who died Sunday. Whitaker, 25, of Stockbridge, died in the line of duty as the result of injuries sustained from…

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Hart man receives 6 year prison term for Mason County break-in.

December 9, 2014
Hart man receives 6 year prison term for Mason County break-in.

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief.  LUDINGTON — A Hart man will spend the next 6 to 30 years in prison for larceny of a Riverton Township home. Daryl Eugene Essex, 32, of 5378 N. 88th Ave., Hart, was sentenced this afternoon in 51st Circuit Court. He was originally charged with four counts from the February, 2014 crime including safe breaking (punishable…

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