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Police looking for trail cam thief

October 6, 2026

GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the driver of a tan Chevrolet Tahoe in the above photo that was captured on the owner’s trail cam feed before the Bushnell brand trail cam valued at $100 was stolen from the 6100 block of East Garfield Road, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The theft was reported…

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Police news, published Oct. 6, 2026

October 6, 2026

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent police activity in Oceana County: Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026: 10 a.m., (Michigan State Police), a 27-year-old Hesperia man was arrested for probation violation, Garfield Road, Hesperia. He was lodged in the Oceana County Jail. Friday, Sept. 25, 2026: 2:35…

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Lost hunter arrested for drunk hunting

October 5, 2026

COLFAX TOWNSHIP — A 54-year-old Hudsonville man was arrested for hunting while intoxicated after he called 911 stating that he was lost in the woods Friday, Oct. 2, around 9:30 p.m. in the 8000 block of Maple Island Road, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. When deputies responded to the call, they found the lost hunter and also discovered that…

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Police release info about deadly crash 

October 5, 2026

WRIGHT TOWNSHIP, Ottawa County — The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office released information about the three-vehicle crash on I 96 that killed Lucus Jerry Werkema-Grondsma, 18, of Pentwater on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 12:15 a.m. Werkema-Grondsma was a passenger in a Nissan Infiniti driven by a 23-year-old Custer man, whose name has not been released. Preliminary investigation shows that a semi-truck…

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Man injured when car hits tree

September 29, 2026

OTTO TOWNSHIP — A 52-year-old Muskegon man was transported to Trinity Health Muskegon Hospital after the 2020 Chevrolet Malibu he was driving struck a tree on 116th Avenue Sunday, Sept. 27, at 5:23 p.m., according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office traffic crash report.  “(The) driver was traveling north on South 116th Avenue near West Roosevelt Road when driving left…

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