By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 13-year-old boy from the Ferry area was lodged in the Ottawa County Juvenile Detention Center after causing a disturbance and resisting police Saturday evening, Aug. 1, at the Family Dollar store on Polk Road, said Hart Police Chief Dan Leimback. No one was injured in the 7 p.m. incident, which involved the…

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WEST MICHIGAN — Over 13,000 Great Lakes Energy members remain without power Monday morning, Aug. 3, in parts of 22 counties following damaging storms that raced across the state throughout the day Sunday, according to a GLE press release. Most of the outages are in parts of Antrim, Crawford and Kalkaska counties that were among the areas hardest hit by…

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By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. GOLDEN TWP. — A 36-year-old Kentwood man who was airlifted following a crash at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes ORV area Wednesday, July 29, suffered broken bones in both arms and both legs, and one leg was injured so severely that it had no pulse Wednesday night, said Lt. Craig Mast of the Oceana County…

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By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. GOLDEN TWP. — A man with a critical leg injury resulting from a crash at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes Wednesday afternoon, July 29, was airlifted by an Aeromed helicopter for emergency treatment. Few details were immediately available, but Oceana County Sheriff Robert Farber said the man’s injuries are non-life-threatening. Although, the damage to his…

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HART — Intermittent water outages continue during the current phase of the Johnson/Water Street Project in the city. “Water main testing is complete,” states Hart City Manager in a “special edition” newsletter released Wednesday, July 29. “Hallack Contracting is tying the new main to the existing water system and connecting water service lines to the new main. There will be…

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GRANT TWP. — Paving on Segment 1 (Montague to Rothbury) of the William Field Memorial Hart-Montague Rail Trail rebuild project is complete. However, the segment remains closed for use until all the signs, restoration, and sidewalk at the street approaches are finished. “We expect to be opening Segment 1 and shifting our efforts to Segment 3 (Shelby to Hart) on…

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WEARE TWP. — A cut fiber optic line caused Mason-Oceana 911 emergency phone lines to go down Tuesday night, July 28, after 9 p.m., but the problem was repaired Wednesday morning, July 29, at 3:25 a.m. Emergency calls had to be rerouted to Muskegon County Central Dispatch, which forwarded the calls and information to Mason-Oceana. At 9:22 p.m., Mason-Oceana 911…

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