
News alert: Wires down on Hart Street. Report of wires down on Hart Street near Johnson Street in Hart Tuesday, Aug. 10, around 10 p.m.

Fraud involving $3,465 check under investigation. GRANT TOWNSHIP — The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fraud/larceny by conversion complaint received Monday, Aug. 9, shortly after noon in the 5000 block of South Water Road, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The offense involves a personal check totaling $3,465. Please consider helping to fund local news. Mason County Press…

Man arrested for bond violation after drug test debacle. HART — A 33-year-old Walkerville man was arrested for violating his bond after he allegedly attempted to falsely provide a urine sample during a court-ordered drug test at the Oceana County courthouse Monday morning, Aug. 9, according to Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The man was caught using a “false appendage”…

Shelby man sentenced to year in jail for CSC. HART — A 23-year-old Shelby man was sentenced in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Aug. 9, to one year in jail for a conviction of third-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC). Devon Gray Henley, of 318 Elm St., pleaded guilty to the charge, Jan. 25. Henley had a consensual relationship with a 15-year-old…

New hospital CT scanner provides advanced screening. LUDINGTON — A new 128-slice Computed Tomography scanner made its debut August 9, 2021 at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital. The new CT unit, a Sieman’s Definition Edge, replaces a 64-slice machine which has completed its life cycle. It has been years of planning for the new equipment, which is part of a $2.6…