SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Lane closures for bridge work on southbound US 31 over Log Road/66th Avenue are now expected to remain in effect through Oct. 15, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation. The closures, which began Sept. 3, were initially expected to continue through Sept. 23, but MDOT recently announced the timeline has been extended. _____________________________________ Please Support Local…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor WEARE TOWNSHIP — An approximate 3,000-square-foot “barndo-minium” style home at 3460 W. Monroe Rd. was destroyed by fire Wednesday night, Sept. 18. The pole barn structure was a “new build” with no occupants in it, said Hart Fire Chief Dwight Fuehring. “They were modeling it to be a house. Nobody was living there — it…
SHELBY — A “potential school shooting” reported at Shelby Middle School was determined to not be an actual threat Wednesday, Sept. 18, after both the middle school and high school were placed on lockdown. Shelby Public Schools Superintendent Mark Olmstead provided an update on the situation Wednesday evening, which states the following: “Shelby Public Schools Community: “Late this morning, information…
HART — The following were sentenced recently in Oceana County’s 79th District Court: Rodney Paul Beecham II, 45, of 7429 S. Forest Glen Rd., Rothbury, pleaded guilty Sept. 10 to second-offense driving while license suspended (DWLS) and was sentenced to two days in jail with credit for two days served and $500 in fines and costs. Conviction is reportable to…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 23-year-old Free Soil man was sentenced in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, Sept. 16, to three to 15 years in prison for a conviction of unlawful imprisonment after holding a 20-year-old woman captive in her own car for over 12 hours last October. Jehud Edreih-Deleon Ramirez, of 1968 E. Fountain Rd.,…
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