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Oceana Drive off-ramp closed Saturday. 

September 9, 2022

Oceana Drive off-ramp closed Saturday.  SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — The off-ramp from southbound US 31 to Business 31/Oceana Drive (Exit 158) is scheduled to be closed on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lane closures will remain in effect on US 31 between Oceana Drive and Hawley Road through mid-October, according to a bulletin from Michigan Department…

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Hart Police Department news, Sept. 9, 2022.

September 9, 2022

Hart Police Department news, Sept. 9, 2022. The following is recent activity of the Hart Police Department: Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022: 1:40 p.m., water emergency, State and Hilltop streets, City of Hart. 1:45 p.m., vehicle crash, no injuries, 400 block of State Street, City of Hart. 4:40 p.m., lost property, 200 block of Courtland Street, City of Hart. 7:06 p.m.,…

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Local projects receive grants from The Right Place.

September 8, 2022

Local projects receive grants from The Right Place. GRAND RAPIDS — The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) has announced that The Right Place, Inc. will receive $3.6 million in funding from the Revitalization and Placemaking (RAP) Program to help spur the development of nine placemaking projects totaling over $10 million across the region. The funds were approved in Lansing at…

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Migrant worker dies after falling off farm wagon.

September 7, 2022

Migrant worker dies after falling off farm wagon. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART TOWNSHIP — A 30-year-old migrant farm worker riding in a wagon hauling zucchini died after falling off the front of the wagon Wednesday morning, Sept. 7, on Lever Road, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. Ricardo Moreno-Gomez, who is from Guatemala and temporarily living in migrant housing…

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Woman, 81, fires handgun at masked man who broke into her home.

September 7, 2022

Woman, 81, fires handgun at masked man who broke into her home. Suspect disarms woman; assaults elderly husband; flees in their car; and remains on the loose. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — An 81-year-old woman fired a round at a masked man armed with a weapon — possibly a crowbar — who broke into her and her 84-year-old…

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