When local students returned to school this fall, they discovered some new band and music equipment. Since 2008, the four-day summer festival draws tens of thousands visitors from across the nation and beyond to experience a unique blend of art, music, and nature at the Double JJ Resort in Rothbury. “As the Electric Forest Festival continues to grow, so does…
SPRINGDALE TOWNSHIP, Manistee County — A plane that crashed in Manistee County was headed to Silver Lake in Oceana County Sunday morning, Sept. 7, according to Manistee County Sheriff Brian Gutowski. The single-engine plane that landed nose first in some trees was carrying one passenger and a pilot. The passenger, who is a 49-year-old Beulah woman, received minor injuries and…
Fall hours at area lighthouses will begin on Thursday, Sept. 11. Big Sable Point Lighthouse in Ludington State Park, Ludington North Breakwater Lighthouse, Little Sable Point Lighthouse in Mears, and White River Light Station in Whitehall will be open Thursdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The lighthouses are operated by Lakeshore Keepers, formerly known as Sable Point…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is police activity in Oceana County over the weekened: Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025: 12:05 a.m., (Oceana County Sheriff’s Office), a 46-year-old Hillman, Mich. man was arrested for driving while license suspended, South 186th Avenue near Loop Road, Newfield Township. A charge…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART TOWNSHIP — Several farm workers who were harvesting zucchini from a field in the 2200 block of West Lever Road reported to the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office that they were victims of a theft Monday, Sept. 1. An undisclosed amount of cash was stolen in the Labor Day crime, which was reported around 2:30…
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