The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent activity of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office: Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025: 7:45 p.m., a 29-year-old Hesperia man was arrested for domestic violence, 4300 block of South 184th Avenue, Newfield Township. He was lodged in the Oceana County Jail. Friday,…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HESPERIA — A 12-year-old boy and a 6-year-old boy were hit by a van driven by a 26-year-old woman who “disregarded a crossing guard” at the Hesperia school campus Thursday morning, Oct. 30, shortly after 7:30 a.m., according to a press release from the Newaygo County Sheriff’s Office. The two boys were transported to Helen…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor Pirate News is a presentation of Hart Public Schools in partnership with Oceana County Press. HART — After Hart Middle School sixth grader Alayna Keckler lost her Chromebook in a house fire last month, School Resource Officer (SRO) Kevin Skipski stepped in to help. The SRO, who is detective-sergeant for the Hart Police Department, used…
GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — North Shore Drive between Hazel and Taylor roads will be closed Thursday, Oct. 30, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for bridge maintenance work, according to the Oceana County Road Commission. “This work will require the road to be completely shut down, and traffic will be directed to take 24th Avenue to Fox Road to Ridge Road…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor OTTO TOWNSHIP — Oceana County sheriff’s detectives are investigating a “suspicious situation” that occurred at the Otto Township Cemetery, at 2801 E. Garfield Rd., Monday evening Oct. 27, in which a person was witnessed digging in the ground near a grave, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The witness saw a van in the cemetery…
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