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Sheriff’s office busy with drunk driving arrests

October 2, 2024

The following is recent activity of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office: Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024: 11:30 a.m., a man allegedly harassed people fishing from a boat in Pentwater Lake in front of his house, Pentwater Township. The man yelled using profanities and backed his boat in and out from his dock to scare the fish away, according to the police…

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Phone distraction leads to crash

October 2, 2024

NEW ERA — An 18-year-old Montague man driving a gray 2019 Ford F-150 pickup truck told police he was distracted by his phone when his truck crossed the centerline on Oceana Drive near First Street and struck a white 2010 Ford stake body truck Friday, Sept. 27, shortly before 2:30 p.m., according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report.…

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News alert: Brush fire in Golden Township

October 1, 2024

GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — Firefighters are responding to a brush fire off Ridge Road that was reported Tuesday, Oct. 1, around 3 p.m.

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New Pentwater village manager to begin job Oct. 21

October 1, 2024

PENTWATER — After a recent unanimous vote by the Pentwater Village Council to offer the village manager job to Rachel Witherspoon, contract negotiations are now complete and Witherspoon is set to begin the job Oct. 21 The village made the official announcement in a press release: “After a thorough executive search process that included stakeholder engagement sessions, staff discussions, candidate tours,…

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Teen airlifted following ATV crash at the dunes

September 30, 2024

GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — An 18-year-old Marshall, Michigan woman was airlifted following an ATV crash at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes Sunday afternoon, Sept. 29, according to an accident report from the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office. The woman was southbound on a blue 2017 Can Am Outlander when she “ascended a large hill — the hill behind Test Hill — at…

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