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Farming for the Future Field Day is Aug. 13

July 19, 2024

WEARE TOWNSHIP, Oceana County – Farming for the Future Field Day will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 13, at the West Central Michigan Research and Extension Center, 5185 N. Oceana Dr. The meeting brings together industry representatives from FarmDroid, Morgan Composting Inc., West Michigan Agroforestry Partnership, and Michigan State University researchers to update growers…

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79th District Court sentencings, posted July 17, 2024

July 17, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — The following were sentenced recently in Oceana County’s 79th District Court: Christine Louise O’Connell, 61, of 796 McIntosh Ln., Muskegon, pleaded guilty July 2 to operating while intoxicated and was sentenced to two days in jail with credit for two days served; six months probation; and $1,1155 in fines and costs. Alcohol Highway…

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Hart man pleads ‘no contest’ to arson

July 16, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 57-year-old Hart man who set a mattress on fire inside an apartment last April pleaded “no contest” to a felony charge of first-degree arson in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, July 15. Luna Jesus Trigo, of 2320 W. Baseline Rd., faces a minimum term of 29 months in prison with a…

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79th District Court arraignments, posted July 16, 2024

July 16, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — The following were arraigned recently in Oceana County’s 79th District Court: Felonies – Noel Trevino, 44, of 3051 W. Baker Rd., Shelby; three counts of assaulting/resisting/obstructing police. Preliminary exam: July 30 at 1 p.m. – Tristan Daniel Whaley, 23, of 1619 Tuttle Ave., Datton, Ohio; felonious assault and felony firearm. Preliminary exam: July…

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Man pleads ‘no contest’ for gross indecency involving 10-year-old girl

July 15, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 41-year-old Holland man pleaded “no contest” to gross indecency between a male and female in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, July 15. Christopher Matthew Kubacki committed gross indecency involving a 10-year-old girl at a local hotel. Kubacki will serve 13 months to five years in prison and must register as a…

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