Departments seeking millage increases Aug. 6 By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor GRANT TOWNSHIP — Shelby-Benona and Grant Township fire departments recently unveiled a new inflatable house that will be used as a valuable education tool in fire prevention. Shelby-Benona Fire Chief Jack White proposed the idea of obtaining a bounce house for the kids for fire prevention open houses and…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — The following were sentenced recently in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Adam Blake Riddell, 34, of 3417 N. 72nd Ave., Hart, pleaded guilty May 21, 2024 to stealing/retaining a financial transaction device and was sentenced July 22, 2024 to 19 days in jail with credit for 19 days served; one year probation;…
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…
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…
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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