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Walkerville Wildcats’ first-ever football season kicks off

September 1, 2023

Walkerville Wildcats’ first-ever football season kicks off Wildcat News is a presentation of Walkerville Public Schools in partnership with Oceana County Press.  ‘We want to show everyone that we’re not a joke and that we know how to play football,’ said seventh grader and team captain Jaxson Oomen By Allison Scarbrough, Editor WALKERVILLE — For the first time in Walkerville…

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Hart couple injured in US 10 crash

August 31, 2023

Hart couple injured in US 10 crash AMBER TOWNSHIP, Mason County — An 83-year-old Hart man and his passenger, an 81-year-old Hart woman, were both injured after the vehicle the man was driving pulled into the path of an eastbound vehicle on US 10 east of Brye Road Wednesday, Aug. 30, around 12:30 p.m., according to Mason County Sheriff Kim…

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51st Circuit Court sentencings, posted Aug. 31, 2023

August 31, 2023

51st Circuit Court sentencings, posted Aug. 31, 2023 By Allison Scarbrough HART — The following were sentenced recently in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court: Kenneth Hunter Orr, 22, of 3723 N. Green Ave., Hesperia, pleaded guilty May 30, 2023 to third-degree fleeing a police officer and was sentenced Aug. 28, 2023 to 13 days in jail with credit for 13…

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Oceana County woman arrested for making bomb threat at Hesperia school

August 29, 2023

Oceana County woman arrested for making bomb threat at Hesperia school HESPERIA — A 21-year-old Oceana County woman was arrested by the Newaygo County Sheriff’s Office for a felony of false report/threat of terrorism after allegedly making a bomb threat via a social media post to Hesperia Community Schools. The woman, who is being prosecuted in Newaygo County, faces up…

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Weekend police news, posted Aug. 28, 2023

August 28, 2023

Weekend police news, posted Aug. 28, 2023 The following is police activity in Oceana County over the weekend: Friday, Aug. 25, 2023: 12:31 a.m., (Oceana County Sheriff’s Office), a 21-year-old Hesperia woman was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear, 300 block of South Sunset Drive, Village of Hesperia.  10:07 a.m., (OCSO), malicious destruction of property, a rock was…

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