Police Beat

MSP: Six people arrested within Electric Forest Festival grounds

June 25, 2025

ROTHBURY — The massive four-day music festival, Electric Forest, wrapped up at the Double JJ Resort Sunday, June 22, with tens of thousands of people from all over the country attending. Michigan State Police Spl. Lt. Michelle Robinson, who is the public information officer for the Sixth District, said there were six arrests over the four-day period and four other…

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News alert: report of a person slumped over steering wheel

June 23, 2025

GRANT TOWNSHIP — Emergency crews were dispatched to the area of Water and Park roads for a person “slumped over the steering wheel” Monday, June 23, around 2:15 p.m.

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Police looking for person of interest in counterfeit money case

June 23, 2025

HESPERIA — The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office is seeking a person of interest in a counterfeit money fraud case at Ed’s Orchard Market, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. A fake $100 bill was used at the grocery store, and it was reported to police Sunday, June 22, shortly before 6 p.m.  A surveillance photo shows the male person of…

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Toddler drowns in family pool

June 23, 2025

FERRY TOWNSHIP — A 16-month-old old boy drowned in a backyard pool Sunday, June 22, around 6 p.m. at a home in the 4200 block of South 132nd Avenue, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. Deputies were dispatched to the residence where “they found a very distraught family who was trying to attend to a 16-month-old male toddler who had…

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Muskegon man dies in US 31 crash near Rothbury

June 23, 2025

GRANT TOWNSHIP — A 66-year-old Muskegon man died in a single-vehicle crash on US 31 near Rothbury Sunday, June 22, around 3:15 p.m., according to Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. “Yesterday afternoon, the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single-vehicle accident on US 31 near Park Rd. in Grant Township,” said Sheriff Mast in a press release issued Monday…

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