Police Beat

Passenger injured when SUV hits tree WEARE TOWNSHIP — A 43-year-old Hart man who was a passenger in a one-vehicle crash early Sunday morning, March 10, on Jackson Road near Oceana Drive was transported by Life EMS to Trinity Health Lakeshore Hospital in Shelby, according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report. The man was a passenger in a…

Read more »

HPD news, posted March 8, 2024 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 Hart Police Department: Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024: 11:20 a.m., breaking and entering, 800 block of Griswold Street, City of Hart. 7:39 p.m., family trouble, 100 block of Woodlawn Street, City…

Read more »

School buses spray painted with graffiti  SHELBY — A vandal or vandals spray painted graffiti on 18 school buses at Shelby Public Schools over the weekend, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The vandal or vandals used green spray paint, he said, and nearby Getty Park was also vandalized. A restroom door at the park and a bulldozer belonging to…

Read more »

Three people sustain minor injuries in ‘T-bone’ crash BENONA TOWNSHIP — Three people involved in a “T-bone” crash on Shelby Road at 58th Avenue Thursday morning, Feb. 29, suffered only minor injuries, according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report. A 56-year-old Nunica man driving a westbound 2018 Ford Fiesta on Shelby Road was attempting to make a left…

Read more »

Police news, posted March 1, 2024 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: Monday, Feb. 26, 2024: 9:47 a.m., (Oceana County Sheriff’s Office), fraud involving a social security check of nearly $1,200, 7700 block of West Hayes Road, Benona Township. 5:30…

Read more »