Native plant program set for Saturday, Jan. 17, at Oceana Conservation District in Shelby Picture this — you are a native seed, maybe a lupine, coreopsis or Black-Eyed Susan, cast loose on the winds or carried on the coat of a woodland creature. You’ve got to find a place to propagate, to bloom and reproduce as you intended. Where is…
HART — The following were sentenced this week in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Justin Lee Odom, 31, pleaded guilty Nov. 10, 2025 to a felony of delivery/manufacture of cocaine, heroin or another narcotic stemming from a June 20, 2025 offense date and was sentenced Jan. 5, 2026 to one day in jail with credit for one day served;…
Tammy Lynn Trussell, 53, of Walkerville, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, January 1, 2026. Tammy was born on February 20, 1972, in Grand Rapids, and grew up in Walkerville where she graduated from Walkerville Public Schools. Tammy was a devoted wife, mother, and friend. She shared 21 wonderful years of marriage with her husband, William “DJ” Trussell,…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 61-year-old Hart man was sentenced to 11 days in jail with credit for 11 days served for a conviction of ethnic intimidation in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, Jan. 5. Fabian Vasquez Jr., “unleashed a tirade” of profanity-laced ethnic slurs toward a pharmacist and then made similar remarks to the police…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent Oceana County Sheriff’s Office activity: Monday, Dec. 29, 2025: 4:23 p.m., domestic violence and reckless discharge of a firearm inside an occupied residence, Beach Road, Leavitt Township. No one was injured. The report was turned over to the Oceana…
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