Police Beat

US 31 rollover crash in sleet causes minor injuries

November 20, 2025

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A 19-year-old Hart woman received minor injuries in a rollover crash on southbound US 31 near Shelby Road Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 18. The woman, who was driving a 2006 Honda Ridgeline pickup truck around 3:30 p.m., lost control of the truck in the sleet/hail, states a report from the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office. She was not transported…

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Hart PD news, published Nov. 20, 2025

November 20, 2025

The following is recent activity of the Hart Police Department: Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025: 1:13 p.m., vehicle crash, no injury, 90 block of Chataqua Street, City of Hart. 5:07 p.m., wellbeing check, 400 block of Hart Street, City of Hart. 7:20 p.m., found property, 200 block of State Street, City of Hart. 7:40 p.m., suspicious situation, Wood and State streets,…

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Postal carrier hospitalized following dog attack

November 19, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP — A 42-year-old U.S. Postal Service rural mail carrier was hospitalized following a dog attack on Saturday, Nov. 15. The incident occurred at a residence in the 5000 block of 164th Avenue. The mail carrier, Anna Dukes, based out of the Hesperia Post Office, said she has been working for the postal service for…

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Police news, published Nov. 18, 2025

November 18, 2025

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: Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025: 2:29 a.m., a charge of operating while intoxicated against a 59-year-old Walkerville woman is pending lab results following a vehicle crash, North 176th Avenue and Madison Road, Colfax…

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Oceana County man shot by police was facing child porn charge

November 17, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP — The 37-year-old Oceana County man who was shot and killed by a Muskegon County sheriff’s deputy at a hotel Nov. 7 was facing a felony charge of possession of child sexually abusive material in Oceana County’s 79th District Court, according to court records. The charge against Adam Randall Richards was dismissed one…

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