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ORV rider airlifted after swerving to avoid hitting deer 

June 10, 2024

GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 41-year-old Mears man who was riding an ORV on Filmore Road near 48th Avenue was airlifted by Aeromed to Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids after swerving to avoid hitting a deer Friday night, June 7, according to Lt. Shane Hasty of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office. After swerving to avoid hitting the deer, the…

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12-year-old boy hospitalized after sand hole caves in

June 10, 2024

Boy ‘unresponsive and not breathing’ after sand hole caves in GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 12-year-old Petoskey boy remains hospitalized after a 5-foot-deep sand hole caved in on him, burying him in the sand at the Silver Lake Dunes Sunday evening June 9, according to Oceana County Undersheriff Ryan Schiller. “On Sunday at 7:39 p.m., we received a call for a…

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54 troopers graduate from recruit school

June 10, 2024

Four new troopers assigned to Hart post LANSING — Michigan communities will soon benefit from the addition of 54 state troopers who graduated June 7 from the 145th Trooper Recruit School. Of those 54 new troopers, four are being assigned to the Hart post: Marshall Eurich of Mio, Jason Sandoval of Muskegon, Jasmin Smith of Davison and Andrew Todd of…

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Shelby-Benona Fire Department secures Stop the Bleed license

June 10, 2024

SHELBY — The Department of Defense’s Stop the Bleed program is designed to train and equip the public to be able to treat traumatic injuries involving severe bleeding until first responders arrive.   “We’re excited to announce that Shelby-Benona Fire Department was recently issued a Stop the Bleed educational license,” states a press release from the fire department. “We look forward to…

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9-foot model of presidential yacht to be unveiled June 23

June 10, 2024

PENTWATER — To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the museum’s opening in its historic building at First and Rutledge streets, the Pentwater Historical Society has arranged tours of two historic cottages and the unveiling of the new exhibit for 2024 — a scale model of the USS Sequoia‎. The special event is set for Sunday, June 23, from 2–4 p.m.…

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