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School, Peterson Farms join forces to open daycare center.

October 23, 2019

School, Peterson Farms join forces to open daycare center. #OceanaCountyNews By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. SHELBY – The Shelby school district and Peterson Farms, Inc. have joined forces to open a child daycare center in the former Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Oceana Drive. Located just 400 feet north of the Peterson campus, the site is ideal for Oceana County’s…

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Community rallies together to get school new playground.

October 23, 2019

Community rallies together to get school new playground. #ShelbyPublicSchools By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. SHELBY – The playground at Shelby Public Schools’ Thomas Read Elementary has been in dire need of replacement for many years, and thanks to an aggressive community campaign the ‘Little Tigers’ will get a new playground soon. Caleb Coulter, owner of American Apple in New Era, came…

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DNR officer from Rothbury has made 4 life-saving rescues in 7 years.

October 23, 2019

DNR officer from Rothbury has made 4 life-saving rescues in 7 years. #MichiganDNR Michigan Conservation Officer Jeff Ginn has made four heroic life-saving rescues in the last seven years. Ginn’s actions last year to resuscitate a man in a Newaygo motel were recognized with a Department of Natural Resources Life-Saving Award – his fourth such honor. Ginn, a Rothbury native,…

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Burning Bush Road closed due to failed culvert.

October 22, 2019

Burning Bush Road closed due to failed culvert. SHELBY TOWNSHIP – Burning Bush Road off 66th Avenue/Buchanan Road to Log Road is closed Tuesday, Oct. 22, due to a failed culvert, according to the Oceana County Road Commission. Local residents will be able to access their homes. “It’s a very deep hole taking up over half of the road,” said…

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78th District Court sentencings, Oct. 18, 2019.

October 18, 2019

78th District Court sentencings, Oct. 18, 2019. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – The following were sentenced recently in 78th District Court: – Fred Austin Tanner, Jr., 32, of 69 S. 56th Ave., Mears, was found guilty Oct. 7 of operating with a forged/altered/false license and unlawful license plate and was sentenced to 90 days in jail with credit…

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