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Driver loses control on slushy US 31, car flips over.

January 27, 2020

Driver loses control on slushy US 31, car flips over. #OceanaCounty GRANT TOWNSHIP — A 44-year-old New Era man received minor injuries Friday, Jan. 24, shortly before 4:30 p.m. when the 2000 Subaru Legacy he was driving “spun out of control” on northbound US 31 and overturned into a ditch, according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report. “He…

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County nixes combining clerk, register of deeds offices.

January 25, 2020

County nixes combining clerk, register of deeds offices. #OceanaCounty By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The Oceana County Board of Commissioners unanimously rejected the idea of combining the county clerk and register of deeds offices during regular session Thursday, Jan. 23. Combining the two offices would save the county approximately $40,000-$50,000 annually, said Oceana County Administrator Robert Sobie. “Voters would…

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Housing network to conduct count of local homeless people.

January 24, 2020

Housing network to conduct count of local homeless people. The West Michigan Housing Network is seeking out where the homeless are among us are for its annual Point-in-Time count Wednesday, Jan. 29. “We know that in rural areas, there are a lot of people who aren’t sheltered and who are homeless,” said Bill Jessup, West Michigan Housing Network chairperson and…

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Outdoor report: Stopping by the woods on a snowy afternoon.

January 23, 2020

Outdoor report: Stopping by the woods on a snowy afternoon. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. PENTWATER TOWNSHIP — When you embark upon the Pentwater Pathways, you feel as if you stepped into the famous Robert Frost poem, “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening.” The pathways consist of 7.2 different trail miles that form four loops. If you ski each loop,…

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County board tables 2nd Amendment sanctuary resolution.

January 23, 2020

County board tables 2nd Amendment sanctuary resolution. #OceanaCounty By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — A resolution to declare Oceana County a “Second Amendment Sanctuary County” to defend gun ownership rights was tabled by the Oceana County Board of Commissioners Thursday, Jan. 23, so the language can be “tweaked.” The local resolution comes on the heels of the Virginia Senate approving…

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