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Imprisoned drug dealer receives another prison term for theft conviction

March 24, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 27-year-old New Era man who was sentenced to a minimum of 13 ½ years in prison for 11 felony convictions in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court, March 11, was sentenced in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, March 24, to a concurrent term of one year and one day to four years.…

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Police news, published March 24, 2025

March 24, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is activity of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office: Thursday, March 20, 2025: 9:33 a.m., larceny theft of a wallet, 2200 block of East Baseline road, Shelby Township. Saturday, March 22, 2025: 6:42 a.m., assault, no arrest, 6400 block of East Garfield…

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Court of appeals upholds murder conviction

March 19, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — The Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed the 2023 murder conviction of Carlos Andres Sanchez, 35, of Muskegon. Sanchez was found guilty by a jury, Sept. 21, 2023 of first-degree murder and felony firearm for shooting and killing a 28-year-old Miguel Angel Gutierrez of Muskegon with a handgun June 12, 2022. Sanchez was sentenced…

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Diman-Wolf Pre-K Round Up set for March 25 and April 7

March 19, 2025

Pirate News is a presentation of Hart Public Schools in partnership with Oceana County Press.  HART — Hart Public Schools Diman-Wolf Early Childhood Center has scheduled two Pre-K Round Up sessions for Tuesday, March 25, from 4:30-6 p.m. and Monday, April 7, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a photo opportunity, goody bags and a raffle drawing.…

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Trail cam photos lead to suspect’s arrest

March 19, 2025

HART  — A homeowner’s trail cam photos, a post on OCP and the public’s sharing of OCP’s post aided police in the arrest of a theft suspect, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office sought the public’s help in finding a person of interest in a larceny theft that recently occurred in Elbridge Township. The homeowner’s…

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