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Closings and cancellations, Dec. 14, 2019.

December 14, 2019

Closings and cancellations, Dec. 14, 2019. Shelby High School band and choir concert has been cancelled due to weather.

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Student brings B-B gun to elementary school.

December 13, 2019

Student brings B-B gun to elementary school. HART — A student brought a B-B gun to Spitler Elementary School Friday, Dec. 13, and an investigation is being conducted. No one was injured, according to school officials. The following was posted on Spitler Elementary School’s Facebook page shortly before 5 p.m.: “A MESSAGE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT – It was reported earlier…

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Owners scramble to save cottages from falling into Lake Michigan.

December 13, 2019

Owners scramble to save cottages from falling into Lake Michigan. #OceanaCounty By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — Lake Michigan’s record high water level is putting many homes and cottages along the West Michigan shoreline in serious danger of falling into Lake Michigan. An approximate 600-foot portion of North Lakeshore Drive, which is a gravel road, recently washed away, cutting…

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Deputies swing into action to warm disabled man’s home and heart.

December 13, 2019

Deputies swing into action to warm disabled man’s home and heart. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Three Oceana County sheriff’s deputies went above and beyond the call of duty on a cold mid-December day by helping a disabled man heat his house. “Yesterday, Central Dispatch received a phone call from a mail carrier,” said Oceana County Sheriff Craig…

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Shelby Gem Factory to close.

December 12, 2019

Shelby Gem Factory to close. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. SHELBY — An iconic Shelby business is closing its doors after 50 years of operation. Shelby Gem Factory will be closed at the end of this month, said Jo Kelley, vice president of the company. The closing was a “forced choice,” Jo said. Her husband, Larry Kelley, who founded the unique…

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