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…
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…
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…
Algae bloom detected in Bass Lake . District Health Department #10 officials said an algae bloom was detected on Bass Lake, according to a press release issued Wednesday, Sept. 7. Bass Lake is situated in northern Oceana County and southern Mason County near Pentwater. “On Aug. 24, the Department of Environment Great Lakes and Energy collected samples and sent them…
Deputies make multiple OWI arrests over the holiday weekend. 1 driver attempts to flee, but crashes and suffers injuries. Oceana County Sheriff Mast said his deputies made several operating while intoxicated arrests over the Labor Day weekend. One weekend traffic stop turned into a police chase that resulted in injuries to the fleeing driver after he crashed his vehicle. An…
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