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Tornado warning siren test April 16

April 7, 2015
Tornado warning siren test April 16

WEARE TWP. — Oceana County Emergency Management, in cooperation with Mason/Oceana 911, local fire departments, police departments and local municipalities, will conduct a test of the county warning sirens Thursday, April 16, at 2 p.m. Next week, April 12-18, is National Weather Service Severe Weather Awareness Week, and the National Weather Service is conducting a statewide simulated tornado alert on…

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College to interview 10 presidential candidates.

April 6, 2015

VICTORY TWP. — The West Shore Community College presidential search committee will meet Wednesday and Thursday of this week to conduct interviews of the final 10 candidates. Initially there were 11 candidates but Dr. Russ Rothamer, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Coconino Community College, Arizona, withdrew. The interviews, which will be conducted via video conference, are open to the public…

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18-year-old Holland man airlifted following dune crash

April 6, 2015

GOLDEN TWP. — An 18-year-old Holland man was transported by Aeromed to Spectrum Health hospital in Grand Rapids Saturday, April 4, at 6:19 p.m. after he lost control of the off-road vehicle he was operating at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes, which landed on top of him and possibly broke his leg. Aeromed landed at the Cornerstone Community Church in…

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27th Circuit Court sentencings

April 6, 2015
27th Circuit Court sentencings

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The following were sentenced Thursday, April 2, by 27th Circuit Court Judge Anthony Monton: – Scott Edward Overly, 30, of 2928 Eighth St., Muskegon Heights, was found guilty Feb. 2 of uttering and publishing. He was sentenced to one year in jail with credit for 19 days served; sentence to be served at…

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Should Michigan Supreme Court justices be elected by district?

April 5, 2015

The Mitten Memo. A blog by Nick Krieger.  One hundred years ago today, April 5, 1915, Aaron V. McAlvay of Manistee was elected to his final term as a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.  Under the Michigan Constitution of 1908, Justices of the Supreme Court were chosen at the state’s regular spring elections, held on the first Monday of…

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