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Drunk driving arrests top weekend police activity

April 14, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  OCEANA COUNTY — Oceana County sheriff’s deputies arrested four suspects for operating while intoxicated during separate traffic stops over the weekend, according to Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. A 49-year-old Holland, Michigan woman was arrested for operating while intoxicated Saturday, April 12, at…

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The unsung heroes of emergency response

April 11, 2025

Next week is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor WEARE TOWNSHIP — Public safety telecommunicators are often the unsung heroes of emergency response, and next week — April 13-19 — is a time to honor them during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. “Let’s take a moment to honor the incredible individuals behind every 911 call —…

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Sheriff’s report, published April 11, 2025

April 11, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  The following is recent activity of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office: Monday, April 7, 2025: Midnight, a 38-year-old Montague woman was arrested for probation violation and assaulting/resisting/obstructing police, 8100 block of South 72nd Avenue, Grant Township. She was lodged in the Oceana County…

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Pentwater Service Club cleans up US 31

April 10, 2025

Over 30 garbage bags of litter collected PENTWATER — Pentwater Service Club members were hard at work, cleaning up litter along US 31 Tuesday, April 8.   The cleanup area covered a stretch of US 31 from Wayne Road to the Pentwater exit on Monroe Road — both northbound and southbound lanes.    Fifteen cub members and other volunteers helped collect over…

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79th District Court arraignments, published April 10, 2025

April 10, 2025

HART — The following were arraigned recently in Oceana County’s 79th District Court: Felonies – Piero Farska Atachao, 26, of 1006 W. Arch, Tampa, Florida; one count of delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine/ecstasy, one count of delivery/manufacture of a narcotic or cocaine less than 50 grams and one count of delivery/manufacture of a schedule 1-3 drug. Preliminary exam: April 29 at 1…

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