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Pentwater Women’s Club announces annual scholarship contest

April 18, 2025

PENTWATER — The application process for the Pentwater Women’s Club annual scholarship contest is now open.  The PWC Scholarship Fund began in 1967 and has awarded more than 200 scholarships to Pentwater High School graduating seniors. The group also provides an annual scholarship to support a returning adult female student to West Shore Community College. “This year, the club is…

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Connie Cargill named MTA immediate past president

April 18, 2025

GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — Golden Township Treasurer Connie Cargill will serve on the Michigan Townships Association executive committee as the association’s immediate past president, following her term as 2024 president.  “Serving more than 99 percent of Michigan’s 1,240 townships — which includes more than 6,500 elected leaders plus tens of thousands of additional township appointed officials, staff and volunteers, MTA is…

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Police news, published April 17, 2025

April 17, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  The following is recent police activity in Oceana County Monday, April 14, 2025: 4:30 p.m., (Michigan State Police), a 38-year-old Hesperia man was arrested for operating while intoxicated, open intoxicants in a vehicle, and driving without a valid license, Polk Road and 64th…

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Fishermen rescue fellow angler from Lake Michigan

April 17, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor BENONA TOWNSHIP — A 68-year-old Montague man who fell into the 36-degree waters of Lake Michigan Wednesday morning, April 16, at the Benona Township Park was rescued by two other fishermen. Raymond Lohman was wearing chest-high waders while surf fishing in Lake Michigan at the park, which is also called Stony Lake Oval, around 8:30…

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Joan David re-elected to Michigan Townships Association Board of Directors

April 17, 2025

NEWFIELD TOWNSHIP — Newfield Township Supervisor Joan David has been re-elected to the Michigan Townships Association Board of Directors, serving as director of MTA District 11, which encompasses Lake, Mason and Oceana counties. David was re-elected to the position by her township peers at a caucus election at MTA’s 2025 Annual Educational Conference earlier this month in Grand Rapids. Serving…

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