Emergency crews respond to overturned boat. #OceanaCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. PENTWATER — A sunfish-style sailboard overturned in Lake Michigan a few hundred yards off shore, south of the Pentwater pier today. Pentwater Police Chief Laude Hartrum said the female operator of the small boat was not injured and managed to get ashore. Responding to the scene, at Oceana Beach…
Mears man sent to jail for resisting police. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — A 32-year-old Mears man was sentenced to 10 months in jail in 27th Circuit Court Monday, June 11, for a conviction of assaulting/resisting/obstructing police. Alberto Tejada, of 571 Spencer Rd., was arrested last December by the Michigan State Police for three felony counts of assaulting/resisting/obstructing…
Prison likely for sex offender. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — A 63-year-old Hart man convicted of accosting children for immoral purposes was sentenced to one year in jail in 27th Circuit Court Monday, June 11. Juan Camargo, of 2569 N. 64th Ave., has been in jail since last November and will finish his term in Kent County, said…
Man must pay over $40,000 in restitution to DAR Motorsports. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — A 32-year-old Holton man will avoid jail time if he pays restitution totaling $40,649.19 within two weeks after pleading “no contest” to a reduced misdemeanor charge of embezzlement $200-$1,000 in 27th Circuit Court Monday, June 11. Brandon Taylor Gerth, of 7442 Skeels Rd.,…
MSP releases names of victims of Sunday crash. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. RIVERTON TOWNSHIP (Mason County) — Michigan State Police Hart Post has released the identity of the 15-year-old Scottville girl who died following a single vehicle crash Sunday evening. She has been identified as Christa Lynn Carrier, a Ludington High School student. The other victim of the crash,…
Northbound Hart exit closed. HART — The Hart exit 149 on northbound US 31 will be closed beginning Monday, June 11, at noon for 19 days, said Michigan Department of Transportation Communications Representative John Richard. The ramp closure is part of the construction project on US 31 that includes resurfacing five miles from Shelby Road to Polk Road. The $10.7…
Obituary: Patricia Volz, 93, Pentwater. Patricia Elaine Volz (née Pullen) died peacefully at Sutter Living Center, Oakview Medical Care Facility in Ludington on Friday, February 23, 2018 at the age of 93. Patricia was born on October 17, 1924 in Grand Rapids to C. Leslie and Clara Pullen and graduated from South High School in Grand Rapids in 1942. Following High…
Former South Lyon city manager accepts Hart job. HART — Former South Lyon City Manager Elizabeth Lynne Ladner accepted the position of city manager for Hart, said Hart City Manager Stan Rickard who is retiring from the position in August. Hart City Council offered the job to Ladner earlier this week, and she accepted the job Thursday, June 7, Rickard…
78th District Court sentencings, posted June 8, 2018. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The following were sentenced recently in 78th District Court: – Joseph Ramiro Auger, 42, of 2534 S. Stone Rd., Fremont, was found guilty June 4 of second-offense operating while impaired and was sentenced to three days in jail; 93 days discretionary jail; outpatient treatment; six…
78th District Court arraignments, posted June 8, 2018. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The following were arraigned recently in 78th District Court: Felonies – Harold Raymond Labeau, 47, of 602 State St., Hart, was arrested by the Hart Police Department (HPD) on two felony counts of possession of child sexually abusive material and one felony count of using…
Get in the ‘spear-it’ for the 45th Annual National Asparagus Festival. #NationalAsparagusFestival. HART — Enjoy the longest running asparagus festival in the country during this weekend’s 45th Annual National Asparagus Festival. The festival is the official kick-off to summer in Oceana County. Oceana County is known as “The Asparagus Capital of the Nation” and is one of the leading areas…
Rennhack Orchards Market open for the season Thursday. HART — Rennhack Orchards Market, located at 3731 W. Polk Road, opens for its 2018 season Thursday, June 7, and will remain open until Dec. 23. “We are looking forward to opening on Thursday, coinciding with the National Asparagus Festival weekend,” said Joann Rennhack. The market has kept its Honeycrisp and EverCrisp apples…
Recent deaths, posted June 6, 2018. #OceanaCountyDeaths The following recent deaths have been reported to OCP: Alice Margy Patterson, 74, of Hart, formerly of Walkerville, died Monday, June 4, 2018. Juanita M. Klapp, 86, of Shelby, died on Tuesday, May 29, 2018. Jacqueline Y. “Jackie” Conroy, 80, of Hesperia, died on Friday, June 1, 2018. Joyce E. Kotzian, 74, of Shelby,…
Drunk driving, domestic assault arrests top police activity. #OceanaCountyCrime The following is police activity in Oceana County Tuesday, June 5, 2018: – 1:25 a.m., (Michigan State Police), a 24-year-old Walkerville man was arrested for operating while intoxicated, Wood Street near State Street, City of Hart. – 8:16 a.m., (MSP), a 32-year-old Rothbury man was arrested for domestic violence, 8000 block of…
Hart woman sentenced up to 20 years for breaking into Mason Co. businesses. #MasonCountyCrime. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — A 22-year-old Hart woman will face the next 2.5 to 20 years in prison for breaking and entering and stealing from several local businesses. Candice Lee Fennel, appeared in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court today where she was sentenced for…
15 cockfighting suspects arraigned. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — Fifteen men, none of whom reside in Oceana County, were arraigned in 78th District Court late Monday afternoon, June 4, facing felony charges in connection to a deadly cockfighting ring at 1811 N. 72nd Ave. in Hart Township. All of the suspects face a felony charge of animals –…
Cash stolen in restaurant break-in. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. MEARS — An undisclosed amount of cash was stolen during a break-in to the Golden Eatery restaurant that was reported to the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office shortly before 6 a.m. Monday, June 4, according to Sheriff Craig Mast. “Some cash and a computer component were taken,” Mast said. “We have…
Man allegedly assaults woman, flees, gets caught. #OceanaCountyCrime GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 41-year-old Scottville man fled the crime scene in Oceana County after allegedly assaulting a woman in a domestic violence situation Tuesday morning, June 5, and was later apprehended by police in Mason County, according to Michigan State Police Trooper Kelsey Case of the Hart post. The woman was…
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