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27th Circuit Court sentencings, posted Dec. 21, 2020

December 21, 2020

27th Circuit Court sentencings, posted Dec. 21, 2020. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The following were sentenced recently in Oceana County’s 27th Circuit Court: – Travis Scott Plotts, 27, of 10782 N. Bingham Ave., Bitely, Michigan, was found guilty by a jury Oct. 7 of two counts of fleeing and eluding and one count of using a police radio/scanner/receiver…

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Long-time fire chief Roland Brooks passes away at age 82.

December 21, 2020

Long-time fire chief Roland Brooks passes away at age 82. ‘He was probably the most dedicated person in all of Oceana County.’ By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. GRANT TOWNSHIP — Grant Township Fire Chief Roland Brooks, 82, died Sunday afternoon, Dec. 20, at Mercy Health Partners in Muskegon. Brooks served as fire chief for 40 years and had been on the…

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United Way forms partnership to serve at-risk seniors.

December 21, 2020

United Way forms partnership to serve at-risk seniors. HART — The United Way of the Lakeshore, Oceana County, announced the formation of a partnership to help senior shut-ins — the most at-risk population in Oceana County who are suffering from COVID-19 and holiday depression. Starting Monday Dec. 21, care bags are being distributed to 125 Oceana County seniors by volunteers…

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Service club rings in the holidays to help rescue Christmas.

December 21, 2020

Service club rings in the holidays to help rescue Christmas. By Ron Beeber, Contributing Writer.   PENTWATER — Small town post offices, like Pentwater’s, provide a real sense of community.  This was demonstrated Dec. 11 and 12 when volunteer bell ringers from the Pentwater Service Club set up a Salvation Army red kettle, and invited postal patrons and passersby to…

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Roy’s Kids program makes Christmas brighter for 40 families.

December 20, 2020

Roy’s Kids program makes Christmas brighter for 40 families. OCEANA COUNTY — Forty Oceana County families received Christmas gifts from local law enforcement officers Saturday, Dec. 19, thanks to the Roy’s Kids program. The charitable program was launched in 1994 by Roy Strait, who is the New Era police chief and a retired Oceana County sheriff’s deputy. Strait began the…

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