SHELBY — Shelby State Bank recently announced three staff promotions. Drew Maus was promoted to vice president and commercial lender. Maus is a graduate of Michigan State University and joined Shelby State Bank’s credit department in 2017. He quickly moved to credit officer, overseeing the credit department. His work on Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans during the pandemic was instrumental…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor ELBRIDGE TOWNSHIP — Firefighters from four Oceana County departments battled a barn and house fire at 1661 N. 116th Ave. east of Hart Tuesday evening, April 29. “The barn caught fire first, and then the heat from that radiated to the house,” said Walkerville Fire Chief Al Purdy at the scene. Firefighters from Hart, Shelby-Benona…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — The two Shelby men who robbed the La Mexicana De Pancho grocery store at gunpoint last December pleaded “no contest” to armed robbery in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, April 28. Jorge Soriano Benitez, 38, and Miguel Angel Vargas-Mares, 23, are looking at minimum sentences of three and a half years in…
CRYSTAL TOWNSHIP — Firefighters saved a house from burning down and rescued the family cats Monday afternoon, April 28, at 548 E. Madison Rd. . Firefighters from Oceana County’s Walkerville, Crystal Township and Hart departments and Mason County’s Riverton Township Fire Department responded to the scene around 1:45 p.m. The blaze started in the basement, said Crystal Township Fire Chief Al…
The following is recent activity of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office: The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. Tuesday, April 22, 2025: 4:48 a.m., a drug possession charge is pending lab analysis of the substance following a traffic stop at US 31 and Winston Road, Grant Township. 12:28 p.m., a…
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