$1.3 million MDOT project on Polk Road slated for fall of 2020. #MichiganDepartmentofTranportation HART – The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has scheduled an approximate $1.3 million project on Polk Road to replace the culvert over Russell Creek next fall, according to John Richard of the MDOT Office of Communications. “During construction, US 31 Business Route (Polk Road) will be…
DWLS arrests top police activity. #OceanaCountyCrime The following is police activity in Oceana County Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019: 6:55 a.m., (Oceana County Sheriff’s Office), a 35-year-old Fruitport man was arrested for driving while license suspended (DWLS) and driving without insurance, southbound US 31, Shelby Township. 1:14 p.m., (OCSO), a 30-year-old Muskegon Heights man was arrested for DWLS and driving without…
78th District Court sentencings, dismissals – Oct. 2, 2019. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – The following were sentenced recently in 78th District Court: – Norman Leo Schultz, Jr., 61, of 316 S. Division St., Whitehall, was found guilty Aug. 12 of second-offense operating while intoxicated and was sentenced to one year suspended jail with credit for one day…
CMH director agrees with governor’s mental health veto. LUDINGTON — The director of West Michigan Community Mental Health is praising Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for issuing a line-item veto on mental health services that would have allowed private health plans to work with agencies other than a local CMH to provide mental health services, a move that a Lisa Williams, executive…
US 31 rollover crashes top police activity. #OceanaCountyCrime SHELBY TOWNSHIP – Two separate vehicle rollover crashes occurred Tuesday, Oct. 1, on rain-slicked US 31 within the same vicinity, according to Michigan State Police trooper Kelsey Case. There were no injuries reported in the first crash, but it resulted in the arrest of a 45-year-old Grand Haven man wanted on a…
Obituary, Ethel Daggett, 83, of Pentwater. Ethel “Bonnie” Yvonne Daggett passed peacefully on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 in Pentwater. Bonnie was born April 24, 1936 in Atlanta, Michigan. She was blanketed in the love and support of her family, friends, and community. The love she reaped was sewn in her decades of devoted service to Pentwater. From lunch lady to…
Trees to double downtown. #Pentwater Story and photos contributed by Ron Beeber. PENTWATER – Pentwater’s Downtown Development Authority and a citizen group called PTW 2030 have teamed up to spearhead a project to upgrade and double the number of trees along both sides of several blocks of Hancock Street in the downtown business district. Last week, old trees – three…
West Shore Bank employees donate to local causes. LUDINGTON – West Shore Bank employees donated to several charities over the summer by participating in Jean Days. Employees wore jeans on Fridays through the months of June through August by donating $5 to charity. Charities were chosen by employee suggestions from each office. Collectively, West Shore Bank employees donated $2,304 to…
Obituary: Gary Haiss, 78, Pentwater Gary Ellis Haiss, 78, of Pentwater, passed away Friday, September 27, 2019, at his home. He was born March 17, 1941, in Flint, the son of Orville and Kathleen (Brown) Haiss. Gary was an avid outdoorsman, who enjoyed hunting and fishing, a hard worker that worked his whole life to provide for his family, and…
Shelby police officer charged with drunk driving, resisting arrest. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. SHELBY – Shelby Police Officer Gabriel Gordon LeBlanc, 35, has been suspended without pay following his arrest in Muskegon County last month on charges of operating while intoxicated and resisting arrest. LeBlanc, who is a Whitehall resident, was arrested by the Muskegon County Sheriff’s Office, Aug. 29,…
Driver passed out at gas pump faces OWI charge. #OceanaCountyCrime NEW ERA – A 20-year-old Shelby woman who told Oceana County sheriff’s deputies she had overdosed on drugs while she was being placed under arrest for operating while intoxicated Friday, Sept. 27, at 4:18 a.m. was found passed out in the driver’s seat of a vehicle by the gas pumps…
Letter to the Editor: Road commission should have taken action earlier on Longbridge Road. Dear Editor: They say a picture’s worth a thousand words. Here’s one concerning the Longbridge closure. As reported in Oceana County Press, Road Commission Managing Director Mark Timmer read a prepared statement to those attending the Sept. 25 meeting, and said this: “We have been working SINCE WE CLOSED…
Recent births, reported Sept. 30, 2019 Births took place at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital, unless indicated otherwise. Dash William Blamer, the son of Tracy and Keith Blamer of Pentwater, was born September 25, 2019. List of 2019 births.
Recent deaths, posted Sept. 29, 2019. #OceanaCountyDeaths The following recent deaths have been reported to OCP: Lucas Farias Jr., 23, of Hart, died on Sunday, September 22, 2019. Mark Earl Hardy, 71, of Hart, died on Monday, September 23, 2019. Francis Joseph Hammerle, 85, of Pentwater, died on Friday, September 27, 2019. Gary Ellis Haiss, 78, of Pentwater, died on Friday,…
Four sentenced for meth in 27th Circuit Court. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – The following were sentenced recently in 27th Circuit Court: – Patrick Faye George, 30, of 64 Michigan Ave., Shelby, was found guilty of July 22 of methamphetamine possession and was sentenced Sept. 16 to one year in jail with credit for 117 days served; driver’s…
78th District Court arraignments, Sept. 27, 2019. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – The following were arraigned recently in 78th District Court: Felonies – Adam Blake Riddell, 29, of 103 Wood St., Hart, was arrested by the State, Sheriffs’, Chiefs’ Enforcement of Narcotics Team (SSCENT) for a felony of delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine/ecstasy. Preliminary exam: Oct. 7 at 3 p.m.…
Indecent exposure, SSCENT warrant arrests among HPD activity. #OceanaCountyCrime The following is recent activity of the Hart Police Department: Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019: – 8:17 am., larceny, 20 block of North State Street, City of Hart. – 9:05 a.m., larceny, Peach and Johnson streets, City of Hart. – 11:30 a.m., vehicle crash, no injuries, State and Lincoln streets, City of…
No quick fix in sight for Longbridge Road. #OceanaCountyNews By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – The Oceana County Road Commission unanimously approved authorization of $200,000 plus engineering costs to fix flooded Longbridge Road in Pentwater Township during its regular meeting Wednesday, Sept. 25, although there is no quick fix in sight. Longbridge Road, which crosses Pentwater Lake at the Pentwater…
Hesperia man dies while putting up tree stand. #OceanaCounty ELBRIDGE TOWNSHIP – The body of Lloyd Gauld, 59, of Hesperia was found near a Federal Forest trail in the woods after Gauld had been reported missing by friends for two days, according to Oceana County Undersheriff Ryan Schiller. Police believe Gauld died while putting up his tree stand for bow…
Teen apprehended by police for throwing brick at dad’s head. #OceanaCountyCrime NEW ERA – A 15-year-old boy was apprehended by Oceana County sheriff’s deputies and transported to the Ottawa County Juvenile Detention Facility Tuesday, Sept. 24, shortly before 1 a.m. after allegedly throwing a brick at his 56-year-old father, narrowly missing his head, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The…
Pot plants stolen. #OceanaCountyCrime GRANT TOWNSHIP – The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of two outdoor marijuana plants that was reported Tuesday, Sept. 24, around 11 a.m. on South 88th Avenue, according to Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The following is other recent police activity in Oceana County: Monday, Sept. 23, 2019: – 12:14 a.m., (Michigan State…
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