AMBER TWP. — During its March 18 meeting, the West Shore Educational Service District board of education gave superintendent Randy Howes a “highly effective” evaluation. Howes has been with the district since 2012. A two-year contract, with a $155,000 annual salary, was approved during the April 14 meeting of the board of education. The West Shore ESD services public school…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. WALKERVILLE — A 57-year-old man was stabbed in the back and in the back of the head by his 31-year-old daughter Thursday morning, April 16, and police are actively searching for the suspect, according to Lt. Craig Mast of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office. The stabbing occurred at a residence in the 200 block of…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. – Lorie Lee Day, 50, of 7530 S. 88th, Rothbury, was arrested March 22 by the Rothbury Police Department for a misdemeanor of domestic violence. Pretrial: April 21 at 2:15 p.m. Bail: $2,500/cash/surety/10 percent cash. – Alan Jay Anderson, 24, of 1812 Tray Ln., Apt. 158, Kalamazoo, was arrested April 4 by the Michigan State…
Terri Hofmann, 63, of Hesperia, died Wed. April 15, 2015. Harris Funeral Home, Shelby. List of 2015 deaths on record.
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor 27th Circuit Court HART — The following were sentenced Monday, April 13, in 27th Circuit Court: – Michael Lee Steffes, 46, of 5451 E. Deer Rd., Walkerville, was found guilty Feb. 17 of third-offense operating under the influence of liquor (OUIL). He was sentenced to one year in jail with credit for one day served;…
Laura A. Uber, 92, of Shelby, died April 14, 2015. Harris Funeral Home, Shelby. Richard A. Barrett Sr., 81, of Pentwater, died April 15, 2015. Harris Funeral Home, Shelby. List of 2015 deaths on record.
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — Have you ever wondered where to safely discard unused prescription and over-the-counter drugs? You can wonder no more now that the Hart post of the Michigan State Police and the Oceana County Council on Aging have teamed up to provide a Drug Take-Back Initiative next Wednesday, April 22, from 11 a.m. to 2…
By Sydney Scarbrough. Contributing Writer. HART — A Future Farmers of America (FFA) program that sprouted two years ago for students in three local schools has blossomed into a program that covers three counties. Hart-West Shore FFA is in another year at Hart High School and continues to grow in advancements, enrollment and projects. West Shore Educational Service District (ESD) largely…
HART — Hart Public Schools seeks students for its first-ever high school Robotics Competition Team and its first-ever middle school Tech Challenge Team, as well as adults to serve as mentors. The kick-off event is set for Thursday, April 23, at 5:15 p.m. in the Hart Middle School media center, where students and adults can sign up to participate. This…
HART — State Rep. Jon Bumstead (R-Newaygo) invites residents of the 100th District to attend informational town hall meetings regarding the May 5 Road Funding Ballot – Proposal 1. The information shared at both meetings will be the same, and State Rep. Ray Franz (R-Onekama) will join Bumstead at both meetings. The first town hall meeting is at TrueNorth Community…
District Health Department #10 has partnered with the Michigan State Police and Lakeshore Regional Partners to conduct a tobacco compliance campaign called No Cigs for Our Kids. Over the next several months, undercover tobacco compliance checks will be completed at all tobacco vendors throughout Oceana, Lake, and Mason counties. The campaign is intended to educate vendors about the current law…
VICTORY TWP. — The interview schedule for the five candidates vying to become the fourth president of West Shore Community College has been announced with the first interview scheduled for April 21. With some variation in the order of the meetings, the five finalists will spend a day on the campus and each candidate will be interviewed by the college’s Board…
LUDINGTON — Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association (SPLKA) is seeking volunteers for the summer at its four lighthouses: Big Sable Point in Ludington State Park, Ludington North Breakwater, Little Sable Point in Mears and White River Light Station near Whitehall. “We actively seek fun-loving individuals to assist with our volunteer resident keeper season, helping us to operate these historic landmarks…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office has a brand-new $17,000 piece of equipment that makes the roads safer, and it didn’t cost taxpayers a dime. A grant from AAA secured by Lt. Craig Mast enabled the sheriff’s office to acquire the county’s first-ever Traffic Safety Awareness Trailer, which measures and digitally displays the speeds…
SHELBY — Kids 4 years old through eighth grade who are interested in playing baseball, softball, and T-ball this summer, can register to play and sign up for swimming lessons Saturday, April 25, and May 2, from 9 a.m. to noon at the New Era Christian School. Visit the Shelby Rec Club Facebook page for more information. The sports programs…
LANSING – Gov. Rick Snyder has joined President Barack Obama’s call for all United States Flags to be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday, April 15 as a day of remembrance for President Abraham Lincoln. The day marks the 150th anniversary of the day the nation’s 16th president died. “We do not lack for reminders of President Lincoln’s actions, which will…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. FERRY TWP. — A clipboard containing Dish Network paperwork left behind at a crime scene has led the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office to two Dish Network workers from the Saginaw area who they believe stole two 50-caliber muzzleloaders from a residence in the 3200 block of South 124th Avenue. The resident discovered the clipboard that…
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By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. CRYSTAL VALLEY — A Crystal Valley man who was severely burned in a van fire Monday afternoon, April 13, when he attempted suicide by igniting the Ford Econoline in which he was living has died, Lt. Craig Mast of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. Joseph Lee Gieske, 54, of 1465 E. Mill Rd., was…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The 42-year-old Rothbury man accused of the love-triangle crash March 8 near Rothbury who did not appear for a pretrial hearing earlier this month in 27th Circuit Court has “presented himself” and did not jump bail as officials had earlier believed, said Oceana County Prosecutor Joe Bizon Monday, April 13. “There was a…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The 25-year-old Muskegon County woman who was wanted by police in connection to a meth lab bust last January in Greenwood Township and is also facing charges in Muskegon County for a meth-lab house fire in North Muskegon last February pleaded guilty Monday, April 13, in 27th Circuit Court to one count of possession of methamphetamine in…
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