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Caledonia man dies during Electric Forest Festival

June 30, 2014
Caledonia man dies during Electric Forest Festival

ROTHBURY — A 20-year-old Caledonia man died during the final evening of the Electric Forest Festival. Law enforcement is currently awaiting the autopsy report to determine the cause of death of Brian Alan Brockette. According to a press release from Michigan State Police Hart Post, Brockette suffered a medical emergency Sunday about 11:15 p.m. and subsequently died as a result.…

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Stolen solar fence units

June 27, 2014

SHELBY TWP. — The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating the theft of two portable solar fence units valued at $603.99 each, along with the batteries attached to each.  They were stolen from Peterson’s Farms sometime between June 14 and June 19th. The items were stolen from a farm field in the area around West Buchanan Rd. & S. 88th…

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District Court sentencings

June 25, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART – The following were sentenced recently in 78th District Court: –      John Joseph Norman, Jr., 17, of 2838 E. Garfield Rd., Hesperia, was found guilty June 23 of driving while license suspended. He was sentenced to 93 days discretionary jail and $400 in fines and costs. Conviction reportable to the Secretary of State (SOS).…

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Hart man sent to prison for crime spree

June 25, 2014
Hart man sent to prison for crime spree

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART – Daryl Eugene Essex, 32, of 5378 N. 88th Ave., Hart, was sentenced to two consecutive prison terms in 27th Circuit Court Monday for first-degree home invasion and felony firearms. Essex was arrested last March following multiple break-ins in Oceana and Mason counties. He was initially charged with 22 felonies, including breaking and entering, home…

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911 presents millage request to council

June 24, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. SHELBY — Mason-Oceana 911 is requesting a millage during the August 5 primary, and Operations Manager Todd Myers presented the request to the Shelby Village Council Monday night. The emergency dispatch center is requesting a .14 millage for six years due to persistent declines in local telephone line surcharge revenues, which account for 75 percent…

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