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Medical center patients need to consider alternative routes due to construction.

September 15, 2020

Medical center patients need to consider alternative routes. HART — Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital is advising patients, families, staff and others visiting its clinic in Hart to take an alternate route because of construction that closes a section of Polk Road just west of the facility. Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital Family Medicine-Hart is at the corner of Polk Road and…

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2 arrested on CSC charges in connection to child trafficking case.

September 14, 2020

2 arrested on CSC charges in connection to child trafficking case. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. OCEANA COUNTY — Two Muskegon men face charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) in connection to a child trafficking investigation conducted by a multijurisdictional task force including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), according to Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. Dwight Bernard McKinney, 17,…

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Motorist rescues toddler standing in middle of road.

September 14, 2020

Motorist rescues toddler standing in middle of road. HART TOWNSHIP — A case of child neglect has been turned over to Child Protective Services after a 3-year-old boy was found standing in the middle of Oceana Drive near Baseline Road Friday, Sept. 11 , shortly after 2:30 p.m., said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. A motorist retrieved the toddler after…

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Police seek criminal charge against naked man at beach.

September 14, 2020

Police seek criminal charge against naked man at beach. GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — The Hart post of the Michigan State Police is seeking an indecent exposure charge against a 44-year-old Ann Arbor man who was naked at the beach at the Little Sable Point Lighthouse Sunday, Sept. 13, shortly after 6 p.m., said MSP Trooper Abigail Ziesman. The report is being…

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Motorcyclist injured in crash while trying to avoid hitting possum.

September 14, 2020

Motorcyclist injured in crash while trying to avoid hitting possum. WEARE TOWNSHIP — A 47-year-old Rockford man was transported by Life EMS to Mercy Health Partners Hackley Campus in Muskegon after the motorcycle he was riding crashed on West Monroe Road near US 31 Friday, Sept. 11, around 5 a.m., according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report. “The…

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