Lighthouses are holding up, despite shoreline erosion. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — Recent storms and high water levels have caused major damage to the Lake Michigan shoreline and homes along that shoreline. Many social media postings have expressed concerns about the future of Little Sable Point Lighthouse in Silver Lake State Park. Peter Manting, executive director of Sable…
Deer baiting among hot topics at Michigan Farm Bureau centennial meeting. The Land is a series telling the stories about local agriculture. It is a presentation of Peterson Farms. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief GRAND RAPIDS — Earlier this week the Michigan Farm Bureau held its 100th annual meeting at the Amway Grand Plaza and Devos Center. Over 400 voting delegates…
EF tickets quickly sell out. #EF2020 ROTHBURY – Tickets for the widely-popular Electric Forest Festival set for June 25-28, 2020 at the Double JJ Resort sold out just one hour after after going on sale, according to festival promoters. General admission wristbands to the enormous music and camping festival that attracts 40,000-plus attendees each year went on sale Friday, Dec.…
Warrant arrests among police activity. #OceanaCountyCrime The following is recent police activity in Oceana County: Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019: – 1:48 a.m., (Hart Police Department), operating without a license, East Main and Woodlawn streets, City of Hart. – 8:59 a.m., (HPD), car/deer crash, Polk Road and 72nd Avenue, City of Hart. – 10:14 a.m., (HPD), a 57-year-old Ludington man was…
Death notice: Donald Volz, 91, Pentwater Donald V. Volz, 91, of Pentwater died on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at Oakview Medical Care Facility in Ludington. Donald was preceded in death by his beloved wife Patricia on February 23, 2018. A memorial service will be held for Donald later in spring 2020 at First Baptist Church of Pentwater with burial for…
Recent deaths, posted Dec. 6, 2019. #OceanaCountyDeaths The following recent deaths have been reported to OCP: Donald V. Volz, 91, of Pentwater died on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at Oakview Medical Care Facility in Ludington. Arrangements by Wyman Funeral & Cremation Services in Scottville. www.wymanfuneralservice.com. Marilyn (Bennitt) Culp, 87, of Shelby, died on Tuesday, December 3, 2019. Harold A. Colby, 96,…
27th Circuit Court sentencings, Dec. 5, 2019. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – The following were sentenced recently in 27th Circuit Court: – Jeffrey Scott Oklad, 57, of 2144 N. Buys Rd., Muskegon, was found guilty Oct. 7 of third-offense operating while intoxicated and was sentenced Dec. 2 to 20 months to five years with the Michigan Department of…
Hart man arrested for felonious domestic assault. #OceanaCountyCrime HART TOWNSHIP – A 32-year-old Hart man was arrested for felonious domestic assault Monday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m. in the 3900 block of Oceana Drive, according to Michigan State Police Sgt. Dan Thomas. No weapon was used, but the 35-year-old female victim suffered bruising to the ribs, arms, face and shoulder.…
MSUE, FSA to host farm bill field crop commodity meeting. VICTORY TOWNSHIP (Mason County) — Michigan State University Extension and the Farm Service Agency will host a meeting on Thursday, Dec. 18 from 3 to 5 p.m. to discuss the field crop commodity section of the national farm bill. The program will be held in Room 104 of the Arts…
Cottage on the verge of being swallowed by Lake Michigan. #OceanaCounty By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. CLAYBANKS TOWNSHIP – A cottage that is on the brink of falling into Lake Michigan will hopefully be salvaged after last Wednesday’s storm surge ravaged the home. The water level on Lake Michigan is at a record high, and violent waves from the storm Nov.…
Man stabs wife’s hand during argument. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. COLFAX TOWNSHIP – A 63-year-old Colfax Township man was arrested for felonious assault after allegedly stabbing his 61-year-old wife in the hand with a large kitchen knife Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the 8700 block of East Ruth Drive near Ruby Creek, according to Oceana County Sheriff…
Drunk driving death case moves to circuit court. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – The case against a 28-year-old Mears woman charged with operating while intoxicated causing death has been bound over to 27th Circuit Court. Amber Rae Davis, 5855 W. 5th St., waived the preliminary exam in 78th District Court Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 3. Davis is charged with…
Hash oil lab case heads to trial. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – The case against a 27-year-old Mears man charged with operating/maintaining a lab is headed to trial in 27th Circuit Court in March. Travis Michael Gale, of 5178 W. Fox Rd., was offered a plea deal in which he could plead guilty as charged and face a…
Man admits to receiving stolen DNR snowmobile.. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – A 38-year-old Fremont man pleaded “no contest” to receiving and concealing stolen property $1,000-$20,000 in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Dec. 2, in connection to the theft of a Department of Natural Resources snowmobile last May. Peter John Terveer, of 231 W. Michigan Ave., also faced a…
Giving group to hit $400,000 mark in donations this evening. BENONA TOWNSHIP — The Women Who Care of Oceana County will meet Tuesday, Dec. 3, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Stony Lake Inn, 4722 Scenic Drive. Since the group’s first meeting in June of 2012, the combined giving by members stands at $388,400. “It will be exciting at our December meeting…
Theft suspect remains at large. #OceanaCountyCrime NEW ERA – The New Era Police Department continues its investigation of a theft at Veltman Hardware Store, Oct. 8, and is asking for the public’s help. Police are seeking assistance in identifying a man who allegedly stole a Firman generator valued at approximately $600 and a box of Midwest Fasteners-brand screws from the…
Strangulation case heads to trial. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – The case against a 24-year-old Bitely man accused of assaulting his wife by strangulation is headed to trial in 27th Circuit Court. Thomas Jay Gager, of 2316 W. Pinewood Blvd., rejected a plea offer in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Dec. 2. Gager, who is lodged in the Oceana…
Sex offender faces return to prison for failing to register. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – A 32-year-old Rothbury man faces a return trip to prison after pleading guilty in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Dec. 2, to failing to register as a sex offender. Hector Martin Saldana, Jr., of 3261 W. Winston Rd., is looking at a sentence of…
Ludington man faces prison for home invasion. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – A 28-year-old Ludington man faces serving 16 months in prison after pleading “no contest” Monday, Dec. 2, in 27th Circuit Court to second-degree home invasion. Joshua Mark Bassett-Lynch, of 5813 Iris Rd., was initially charged with first-degree home invasion which was dismissed in a plea agreement.…
Police busy with fugitive warrants, drugged driving arrests. #OceanaCountyCrime The following is police activity in Oceana County over the Thanksgiving weekend: Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019: – 1 a.m., (Michigan State Police), a 63-year-old Shelby man was arrested for operating without a license, northbound US 31 near M 20, Shelby Township. – 2 p.m., (MSP), a 22-year-old Ravenna man was arrested…
Recent deaths, posted Dec. 2, 2019. #OceanaCountyDeaths The following recent deaths have been reported to OCP: Henry Volney Griffis, 82, of Pentwater, died on Saturday, November 30, 2019. Donald A. Priese, 89, of New Era, died on Friday, November 29, 2019. Jaqueline Diana (Dillingham) Salzman, 84, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, died on Tuesday, November 26, 2019. Beads & Blooms Florist, 78…
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