HMS students receive TEAM diplomas. #HartPoliceDepartment HART — Over 90 students graduated from the Hart Police Department’s TEAM (Teaching, Educating And Mentoring) resource program at Hart Middle School last week. Guest speaker for graduation was Sgt. Tony Slocum of the Indiana State Police. The TEAM program has instructed students for the past 11 years and has been instrumental in providing…
Recent deaths, posted May 23, 2018. #OceanaCountyDeaths The following recent deaths have been reported to OCP: James H. Monroe, 97, of Hart, died on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. Hugh Harold Bengtsson, 94, of Hart, died Tuesday, May 22, 2018. Beads & Blooms Florist, 78 N. Jebavy Dr., Ludington, MI 49431; 231-425-4133, has sponsored this post. Listing of 2017 deaths. Listing of…
‘Vacation Bible eXperience’ June 18-21. #FirstBaptistChurch HART — First Baptist Church will present its annual Vacation Bible School the week of June 18-21, but this year it’s VBX, Vacation Bible eXperience. This four-day event is free to all kids 4 years old through entering eighth grade. This year’s theme, SPACE EXPLORERS, will feature rooms decked out in outer space decor…
Emergency workers train for active assailant situation. #Mockdisaster By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. SHELBY — Oceana County emergency personnel received intense training in an active assailant situation during a mock disaster at Shelby Road Baptist Church Tuesday, May 22. It was the first time an active assailant training event of this magnitude occurred in Oceana County. Several different agencies and organizations…
Missing man found. #WilliamSaunders By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. ROTHBURY — William Frederick Saunders, 50, who was missing since Friday May 18, safely returned to his parents’ Rothbury home Tuesday morning, May 22. “He just showed up a little while ago,” said his mother Melodie Hughes. “Thank goodness.” Bill had been with friends and forgot to call, Melodie said. “We’re very…
Veterans host sporting goods, crafts show. FERRY — The Ferry Veterans’ Sporting Goods and Crafts Show is set for Saturday, June 2, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ferry Township Community Center. Shop sporting goods, fishing equipment and crafts inside the community center, and campers, cars, farm equipment, motorcycles and boats outside. Lunch will be available. Those interested…
Sex offender sentenced to 15-30 years in prison. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — A 34-year-old Holton man was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison Monday, May 21, in 27th Circuit Court for six criminal sexual conduct convictions. A 12-member jury found Daniel James Durbin, of 9260 S. 180th Ave., guilty on all six counts, April 12.…
Man traveling to Oceana County reported missing. #WilliamSaunders By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. ROTHBURY — A missing person’s report has been filed with the Michigan State Police for 50-year-old William Frederick Saunders. Saunders has been missing since last Friday, May 18, said his mother Melodie Hughes of Rothbury. Saunders flew to the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids…
Man arrested for DWLS following head-on crash. BENONA TOWNSHIP — A 22-year-old Shelby man was arrested for driving while license suspended following a two-vehicle crash on West Shelby Road near 32nd Avenue Friday afternoon, May 18, that injured a 55-year-old Muskegon man, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. Jose Jesus Trevino, 22, who was driving a 2005 GMC Yukon SUV,…
Gas station manager sent to jail, ordered to pay back over $32,000. OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The former manager of the Marathon gas station in Shelby was sentenced to four months in jail and ordered to pay over $32,000 in restitution Monday, May 21, in 27th Circuit Court, according to Oceana County Prosecutor Joseph Bizon. Angela Ruth…
Driver arrested after hitting power poles in roll-over crash. #OceanaCountyNews HART TOWNSHIP — A 2010 Dodge Avenger driven by a 34-year-old Pentwater man hit two power poles on West Tyler Road near 72nd Avenue Saturday, May 19, at 12:40 a.m., according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report. The Avenger “was westbound at a high rate of speed when…
Motorcycle crash, drug OD top police activity. #OceanaCountyCrime CLAYBANKS TOWNSHIP — A 59-year-old Kouts, Indiana man was injured in a motorcycle crash on Scenic Drive near West Stony Lake Road Friday, May 18, at 2:37 p.m., according to the Hart post of the Michigan State Police. The man was transported by Oceana EMS to Hackley Hospital in Muskegon for non-life-threatening…
Recent deaths, posted May 21, 2018. #OceanaCountyDeaths The following recent deaths have been reported to OCP: Elmo Elin Freeland, Jr., 78, of Pentwater, died Saturday, May 19, 2018. Patrick A. Morningstar, 93, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. John D. Graham, 91, of Montague, died on Thursday, May 17, 2018. Beads & Blooms Florist, 78 N. Jebavy Dr., Ludington,…
78th District Court arraignments, posted May 18, 2018. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The following were arraigned recently in 78th District Court: Felonies – Ruth Eunice Salinas, 20, of 550 Stafford Run Rd., Stafford, Texas, was arrested by the State, Sheriffs’, Chiefs’ enforcement of Narcotics Team (SSCENT) for felony charges of delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine/ecstasy and delivery/manufacture of cocaine,…
3 Oceana Co. organizations receive grants from Great Lakes Energy. Three Oceana County non-profit organizations received a total of $6,842 in grants from the Great Lakes Energy People Fund. The organizations included: Hart Area Public Library: $1,000 for an Ozobot robot kit for children. The Starting Block, Hart: $2,842 to increase capacity in the kitchen incubator by widening the door…
Speaker to share message of healing, hope. #WalkAMileInMyShoes #WestMichiganCommunityMentalHealth By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — Oceana County resident Barbara Kompik, who has struggled with mental illness, will share her powerful message during the West Michigan Community Mental Health (CMH) Second Annual Walk A Mile In My Shoes rally Wednesday, May 23. The event is intended to raise behavioral health awareness.…
Warrant arrests top HPD activity. #OceanaCountyCrime The following is recent activity of the Hart Police Department: Thursday, May 10, 2018: – 12:25 a.m., medical assist, 700 block of East Main Street, City of Hart. – 8:20 a.m., careless driving, 300 block of Johnson Street, City of Hart. – 10:45 a.m., medical assist, 1000 block of State Street, City of Hart.…
County EMS union opposes ‘regional partnership’ idea. #OceanaCountyEMS By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The union that represents Oceana County EMS ambulance service personnel strongly opposes an idea to “regionalize” services that is being explored by Oceana County Administrator Robert Sobie. “… I am exploring a deepening relationship with Life EMS to provide EMS services throughout Oceana County,” writes Sobie…
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