#OceanaCountyNews #Pentwater #Election2016 PENTWATER — The Pentwater Service Club will hold a ‘Meet the Candidates Night’ Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the Pentwater Friendship Center so voters can meet Pentwater village and township candidates who are in contested races in the Nov. 1 election. Attorney Larry Konopka will moderate the event, which begins at 6 p.m. Two people are running for…
#OceanaCountyNews #OceanaCountyCourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — The following were sentenced this week in 27th Circuit Court: – Joseph Cruz Pulsipher, 21, of 1464 N. 100th Ave., Hart, was found guilty Aug. 5 of larceny in a building and was sentenced Sept. 12 to serve 90 days up front of a nine-month discretionary jail term with credit for 63…
#OceanaCountyNews #SilverLake GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 34-year-old Big Rapids man operating a dirt bike at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes was transported by ambulance to an area hospital Tuesday evening, Sept. 13, following a crash. Aeromed was initially was dispatched to airlift Derek Alan Zwiers, but the helicopter could not land due to a storm rolling in. “They were called,…
#OceanaCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — A 33-year-old Rothbury man who broke into a Shelby car wash business last June was sentenced in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Sept. 12, to serve five months of a one-year discretionary jail term for a conviction of breaking and entering with intent to commit larceny. David Barco Quintero, of 2423 W. Meadow…
#OceanaCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — A 54-year-old Hesperia man who pleaded “no contest” to assault with intent to commit second-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Sept. 12, is looking at serving an 18 month to five year prison term. In exchange for his plea to the added count, charges of first-degree CSC and…
#OceanaCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — A 44-year-old Hart woman who allegedly smuggled drugs inside her body into the Oceana County Jail that she stole from the adult foster care home where she was living was sentenced to one year and one day to 15 years in prison in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Sept. 12. Rachelle Joyce Fitch…
#OceanaCountyBusiness SCOTTVILLE — Media Group 31 LLC, the parent company of Oceana County Press, is now offering promotional marketing products to its clients. In addition to advertising on its online news services — Mason County Press, Oceana County Press, and Manistee County Press — Media Group 31 will now offer the sale of promotional items such as banners, shirts, decals, engraving, signs,…
#OceanaCountyNews #OceanaCountyPoliceNews PENTWATER TOWNSHIP — Two fifths of Patron-brand tequila were reported stolen in the 9000 block of Business 31 Monday, Sept. 12, at 4:06 p.m., according to the Hart post of the Michigan State Police. Other recent police activity includes: Friday, Sept. 9, 2016: 6:20 p.m., (Hart Police Department), a 26-year-old Mears woman as arrested on a warrant during…
#OceanaCountyNews #OceanaCountyPoliceNews WEARE TOWNSHIP — Two people were transported to an area hospital following an early-morning crash Monday, Sept. 12, on West Jefferson Road west of Oceana Drive, according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report. An 84-year-old Pentwater man driving a 2006 Chevrolet sedan west on Jefferson Road at 5:15 a.m. ran a stop sign at the intersection,…
#OceanaCountyNews #LuckyLakeDrowning #LakesofFireFestival GRANT TOWNSHIP — The 28-year-old Southfield, Michigan man whose body was recovered from Lucky Lake last June following the Lakes of Fire festival at the Lucky Lake Campground near Rothbury had ingested several drugs prior to drowning, according to Oceana County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Craig Mast. Matthew Vo died from asphyxia caused by an accidental drowning, and…
#OceanaCountyNews #Shelby By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SHELBY — Liborio Cortes of Hart was inspecting the damage to his in-law’s house this morning. “This is where the family gathered for special events,” he said. “There are a lot of memories there that have been lost.” Fire destroyed the home of Juan and Enedina Chapa at 159 E. Fifth St. late Sunday…
#OceanaCountyNews #OceanaCountyCourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — A 29-year-old Hesperia man pleaded “no contest” in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Sept. 12, to attempted assaulting/resisting/obstructing police and was sentenced to serve 45 days up front of a one-year discretionary jail term. Maxwell Turple and co-defendant Kimberly Cushman, 31, both of 3585 N. Maple Island Rd., were arrested on felony…
#OceanaCountyNews #OceanaCountyCourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — Tony Jerome Lopez, 42, of 314 Hart St., Hart, pleaded “no contest” to attempted assault with intent to commit to great bodily harm less than murder in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Sept. 12, and faces a one-year jail term. In exchange for Lopez’s plea, felonies of assault with intent to commit to…
#OceanaCountyDeaths Larry Junior Drake and Wanda Faye Drake, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 following an auto accident near Muskegon, Michigan. Larry was born December 19, 1955. Wanda was born August 25, 1963. They were married February 19, 1988 and lived in Oceana County since 1992. Larry was self-employed in construction. They are survived by their children: Wanda (Brian) Foster…
#OceanaCountyNews #OceanaCountyCourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — The following proceedings recently took place in 78th District Court: Arraignments Felonies – Steven Geno Rice II, 40, of 418 S. Union St., Hart, was arrested Aug. 30 by the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) for a felony of third-offense domestic violence. Preliminary exam: Sept. 19 at 3 p.m. Bail: $10,000/cash/surety/10 percent.…
#OceanaCountyNews #WalkervilleNews LEAVITT TOWNSHIP — A 63-year-old Walkerville man driving a semi truck received minor injuries Thursday, Sept. 8, at 6:14 a.m. when the truck’s headlights failed, causing him to lose sight of the road and crash into a tree, according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report. The trucker, who was driving a 1996 semi truck for Storms…
#OceanaCountyNews #2016Election The Oceana County Republicans will take a campaign van on the road to eight communities in Oceana County over the next seven weeks. The mobile campaign headquarters loaded with Republican candidates’ yard signs and literature will be in a different community each Friday morning. Members will park the campaign van in a downtown location in each community at…
#OceanaCountyNews #OceanaDriveCrash By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. GRANT TOWNSHIP — Two people were transported by ambulance for minor injuries sustained in a four-vehicle crash around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, on Oceana Drive near Skeels Road. The crash involved three pick-up trucks and a minivan. According to Michigan State Police Trooper Todd Goodrich, who was at the scene, a full-size Chevrolet…
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