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March 11, 2024

Oceana County Press and Mason County Press are now offering daily email briefings and news alerts as a subscription service. Accessing MasonCountyPress.com and OceanaCountyPress.com is free. But, our email service offers the convenience  of a daily recap of the news in your email inbox, plus alerts for breaking news. Daily Briefing emails also include subscriber-exclusive features. The cost for the…

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Living ‘off the grid’

March 8, 2024

Living ‘off the grid’ By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor Kaitlyn VanDerZanden sold everything she owned and moved to a cabin in the woods outside of Fairbanks, Alaska in January — a distance roughly 3,700 miles and four time zones away from her hometown of Hart.  The 25-year-old flew to Fairbanks with her pet dog and cat. Her dad, Kevin, accompanied…

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HPD news, posted March 8, 2024

March 8, 2024

HPD news, posted March 8, 2024 The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent activity of the Hart Police Department: Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024: 11:20 a.m., breaking and entering, 800 block of Griswold Street, City of Hart. 7:39 p.m., family trouble, 100 block of Woodlawn Street, City…

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Peterson Farms offers innovative recycling program

March 8, 2024

Peterson Farms offers innovative recycling program Peterson Farms announced a new partnership with international recycling leader TerraCycle to enable school communities — teachers, parents, and students alike — to recycle Peterson Farms Treats applesauce pouches. Most flexible plastic food pouches are considered hard to recycle because they are made of multiple layers of different materials. The Peterson Farms Treats Applesauce…

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Jury finds man guilty of fleeing from police on mini bike

March 7, 2024

Jury finds man guilty of fleeing from police on mini bike The pursuit only lasted about a quarter mile as he reached a top speed of 30 mph HART — It took a jury just 45 minutes of deliberations before reaching a guilty verdict for a 36-year-old Hart man who fled from Oceana County sheriff’s deputies on a mini motorcycle…

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