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Suspect arrested following multi-county high-speed chase.

August 19, 2021

Suspect arrested following multi-county high-speed chase. Oceana County Sheriff’s Office, Pentwater Police Department, Shelby Police Department and Hart Police Department assisted with capturing the suspect. SCOTTVILLE — A 19-year-old Grand Rapids man is lodged in the Mason County Jail following a high-speed police chase through Mason, Oceana and Muskegon counties early Thursday morning, Aug. 19, according to Scottville Police Chief…

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News alert: Report of a combine harvester on fire in a rye field.

August 18, 2021

News alert: Report of a combine harvester on fire in a rye field. Hart and Walkerville fire departments were dispatched to a combine harvester on fire in a rye field on Tyler Road near 112th Avenue Wednesday, Aug. 18, shortly before 3:30 p.m.

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78th District Court sentencings, Aug. 18, 2021.

August 18, 2021

78th District Court sentencings, Aug. 18, 2021. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The following were sentenced recently in 78th District Court: Samantha Elizabeth Hawes, 28, of 6331 10th St., Twin Lake, was found guilty Aug. 16 of operating while impaired and was sentenced to 93 days suspended jail with credit for one day served; Alcohol Highway Safety Education (AHSE);…

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Parents of Mears man murdered in 2019 fight for justice.

August 17, 2021

Parents of Mears man murdered in 2019 fight for justice. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. MEARS — Denita and William Buchanan were devastated when they received the news that their only son, William Craig Buchanan, 32, was murdered in 2019, and the heartbreak only intensified in September of 2020 when they were informed that the charges against the man accused of…

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Pentwater police seek public’s help identifying shoplifting suspects.

August 17, 2021

Pentwater police seek public’s help identifying shoplifting suspects. PENTWATER — The Pentwater Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying two female suspects accused of shoplifting Thursday, Aug. 12, between 6 and 7 p.m. in downtown Pentwater. Anyone with information about the incident or the subjects’ identities is asked to contact the Pentwater Police Department at 231-869-8301 or…

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