The following is recent activity of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office: Friday, July 10, 2026: 2:32 a.m., a 36-year-old Montague man was arrested for operating without a license, Skeels Road near Big Blue Lake Road, Otto Township. A charge of methamphetamine possession is pending lab analysis of the substance. He was lodged in the Oceana County Jail. 3:45 a.m., a…
GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — Two people suffered minor injuries Monday evening after the side-by-side off-road vehicle they were riding rolled over on Pete’s Ridge at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes. The crash occurred Monday, July 13, shortly before 7 p.m. in the Silver Lake Sand Dunes ORV area, according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office traffic crash report. A 22-year-old Livonia…
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A wandering alligator was safely returned to its owner early Thursday morning after an Oceana County sheriff’s deputy found the reptile sitting in a rain puddle along the side of the road. According to Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast, the incident occurred Thursday, July 9, at 12:41 a.m. in Shelby Township. The information was taken from a…
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A 22-year-old man died and his passenger was seriously injured following a single-vehicle crash late Wednesday night in Oceana County. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Hart Post responded to the crash at about 11:50 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8, on South Oceana Drive south of West Buchanan Road. According to the preliminary investigation, the 22-year-old driver…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. HART — The following is recent activity of the Hart Police Department: Thursday, July 2, 2026 • 3:09 p.m., alarm, 200 block of State Street, City of Hart. • 3:33 p.m., well-being check, 300 block of Dryden Street, City of Hart. • 8 p.m.,…
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