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Cherry Point Farm owner wins international book award recognition

June 27, 2023

Cherry Point Farm owner wins international book award recognition Oceana County author, farmer, baker, fish boiler, lavender labyrinth maker and market entrepreneur Barbara E. Bull has been recognized as a finalist in both the general fiction and regional =fiction categories of the 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for her novel, “Come By Here.” Owner of Cherry Point Farm &…

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Police news, June 27, 2023

June 27, 2023

Police news, June 27, 2023 The following is recent police activity in Oceana County: Friday, June 23, 2023:  4:40 p.m., (Oceana County Sheriff’s Office), a 45-year-old Shelby man was arrested for assault and battery, 100 block of North Michigan Avenue, Village of Shelby.  6:03 p.m., (OCSO), a 50-year-old Claybanks Township man was evicted from the Claybanks Township Campground for a…

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79th District Court arraignments, posted June 27, 2023

June 27, 2023

79th District Court arraignments, posted June 27, 2023 By Allison Scarbrough, Editor HART — The following were recently arraigned in Oceana County’s 79th District Court: Felonies Ricardo Moreno Barrios, of 2 W. Main St., Hart; three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC). Preliminary exam: July 11 at 1 p.m. Bail: $100,000/cash. Mathieu Bjorn Exodus, of 17435 N. 7th St.,…

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79th District Court sentencings, posted June 27, 2023

June 27, 2023

79th District Court sentencings, posted June 27, 2023 By Allison Scarbrough, Editor HART — The following were sentenced in Oceana County’s 79th District Court: Joel Alan Sayers, of 215 Ferry St., Shelby, was found guilty June 22 of giving false information to a police officer and was sentenced to 40 days in jail with credit for 40 days served and…

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Mother in child fentanyl death case pleads ‘no contest’

June 26, 2023

Mother in child fentanyl death case pleads ‘no contest’ By Allison Scarbrough, Editor HART — The 30-year-old Grant Township woman criminally charged in connection to the July 1, 2022 fentanyl death of her 4-year-old son pleaded “no contest” to involuntary manslaughter Monday, June 26, during a final pretrial hearing in 51st Circuit Court. Jodi Michelle Neino was also charged with…

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