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51st Circuit Court sentencings, published April 16, 2025

April 16, 2025

HART — The following were sentenced this week in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Jason Alan Ennis, 38, pleaded no contest Feb. 10 to possession of burglar’s tools and was sentenced April 14 to one year in jail; $6,355.02 in restitution; and $598 in fines and costs. One count of trespassing was dismissed. – Adam Scott Schilz-Kissling, 33, pleaded…

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Arts, culture, yoga, wellness center selected for church property redevelopment

April 16, 2025

HART — The Monarch, an arts, culture, yoga and wellness center, was chosen as the winning proposal for redeveloping the former Congregational United Church. The Hart Tax Increment Finance Authority selected the winning proposal by Cindy Beth Davis-Dykema for its Pitch for the Parcel redevelopment initiative “created to revitalize a prominent and historic property in downtown Hart,” states a press…

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News alert: Crews respond to water-related emergency at ‘Stony Lake Oval’

April 16, 2025

BENONA TOWNSHIP — Emergency crews were dispatched to the Benona Township Park, more commonly known as the Stony Lake Oval, for a 65-year-old man “found in the water” Wednesday, April 16, shortly after 8:30 a.m. The man was “blue in color, breathing,” according to dispatch information. An Aeromed helicopter was called to transport the man from Trinity Health Shelby Hospital.…

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Hesperia student wins Congressional Art Competition

April 16, 2025

Nevada Draper, a 12th grade homeschooled student from Hesperia, won the 2025 Congressional Art Competition’s grand prize with her painting, “One Generation Away.”  Nevada was announced as the winner of the competition last week at a reception at the Green Charter Township Hall.  Her artwork will be on display at the United States Capitol for the next year where it…

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Pirate quiz bowl team finishes 7th at state 

April 15, 2025

Pirate News is a presentation of Hart Public Schools in partnership with Oceana County Press.   EAST LANSING — The Hart Varsity Quiz Bowl squad competed in its third consecutive Class B State Finals at Michigan State University Saturday, April 12.   “In a grueling 10-match day of five preliminary matches and five finals matches, the team battled to earn seventh place…

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