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Governor signs budget reducing school safety, mental health to pay for free college tuition

July 29, 2024

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LANSING — On Wednesday, July 24, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the second part of the state’s $82.5 billion state budget for next year. Among the items in the budget are free community college for high school graduates who graduated in 2023 and after. The community college deal comes at a cost, though. The budget passed both…

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Motorcycle vs. SUV crash being investigated as OWI

July 29, 2024

WEARE TOWNSHIP — A 29-year-old Pentwater man was airlifted to Grand Rapids from Trinity Health Shelby Hospital following a motorcycle vs. SUV crash on North 80th Avenue near Adams Road Sunday, July 28, around 1:30 a.m., said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The man, who suffered serious injuries, was operating 2021 Yamaha crotch rocket which rear-ended a 2016 Jeep Cherokee…

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Police news, posted July 29, 2024

July 29, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent police activity in Oceana County: Tuesday, July 23, 2024: 7:54 p.m., (Michigan State Police), a 57-year-old Ohio woman was injured in a crash at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes, Golden Township. Wednesday, July 24, 2024: 10:38 a.m., (Oceana County…

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Police seek public’s help in dog shooting investigation

July 29, 2024

OTTO TOWNSHIP — The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in an animal cruelty case in which a male Great Pyrenees dog was shot and killed in the 1100 block of East McKinley Road. It was reported to the sheriff’s office Thursday, July 25, at 6:20 p.m. after the owner said her neighbor found the dog’s body…

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Bomb squad seizes grenade believed to be from WWII

July 29, 2024

FERRY TOWNSHIP — A woman found an old grenade in her garage in the 2500 block of East Loop Road believed to be World War II, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The incident was reported to the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday, July 23, shortly before 7:30 p.m. “Her father was a World War II veteran, and she believed…

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