The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent activity in Oceana County of the Michigan State Police, Hart post: Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026: 12:23 a.m., a 21-year-old Muskegon man was arrested on a warrant, M 20 and Oceana Drive, Shelby Township. He was lodged in the Oceana…
Hope Judith McClernan, 77, of Hart, formerly of Hesperia, passed away Saturday, February 14, 2026. She was born Fe b. 27, 1948, in Fremont, the daughter of Lyle and Joan (Gleason) Snyder. Hope was employed with Gerber Products Company for over 15 years, working in the lab. Following retirement, she moved to Tombstone, Ariz., to care for her father. She…
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UPDATE: The village’s boil water alert was lifted Saturday, Feb. 21. HESPERIA — The Village of Hesperia’s boil water alert due to a failed monthly water test issued Friday evening, Feb. 13, prompted Hesperia Community Schools to close Monday, Feb. 16. Hesperia Superintendent Bryan Mey issued a statement Sunday evening announcing the school closure: “This decision was not made lightly.…
MCP/OCP Sports Coverage is presented by: Baker Ford Ludington, Fresh Coast Foam, Mission Graphics, Quick-Way, Inc., Squires Chiropractic, Smith & Eddy Insurance, and VanderHaag Car Sales & Rentals. VICTORY TOWNSHIP, Mason County — The Lakeshore Badgers played their last home game of the season Saturday with a victory, defeating the Livonia Red Stallions 4-0. The Badgers started strong with several…
UPDATE: The boil water alert was lifted Saturday, Feb, 21. HESPERIA — The Village of Hesperia issued a boil water alert Friday night, Feb. 13, that is in effect until further notice. The alert was issued “due to a failed monthly water test,” states a press release from the village. “We are hoping that this should be resolved soon and…
MCP/OCP Sports Coverage is presented by: Baker Ford Ludington, Fresh Coast Foam, Mission Graphics, Quick-Way, Inc., Squires Chiropractic, Smith & Eddy Insurance, and VanderHaag Car Sales & Rentals. HESPERIA — The Shelby Tigers defeated Hesperia 78-38 in a West Michigan Conference Rivers Division game Friday. “We came out with great energy tonight,” said Shelby Coach Rick Zoulek. “It was a good…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent activity of the Hart Police Department: Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026: 10:37 a.m., harassment complaint, 700 block of East Main Street, City of Hart. 2:04 p.m., disturbance, 100 block of Lincoln Street, City of Hart. 2:53 p.m., animal complaint, Polk…
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MCP/OCP Sports Coverage is presented by: Baker Ford Ludington, Fresh Coast Foam, Mission Graphics, Quick-Way, Inc., Squires Chiropractic, Smith & Eddy Insurance, and VanderHaag Car Sales & Rentals. HART — The Hart Pirates defeated the North Muskegon Norsemen Thursday, 55-39, in a West Michigan Conference Rivers Division game. Hart scorers: Rilynn Porter, 21 Evalyn Flores, 8 Aurora Virtanen, 6 Leah…
MCP/OCP Sports Coverage is presented by: Baker Ford Ludington, Fresh Coast Foam, Mission Graphics, Quick-Way, Inc., Squires Chiropractic, Smith & Eddy Insurance, and VanderHaag Car Sales & Rentals. SHELBY — The Shelby Tigers defeated Hesperia 70-7 Thursday in West Michigan Conference Rivers Division play. Shelby scorers: Jayna Burmeister, 26 Annabelle Stark, 12 Jordan Wolting, 8 Lydia Soelberg, 7 Michelle Peterson,…
MCP/OCP Sports Coverage is presented by: Baker Ford Ludington, Fresh Coast Foam, Mission Graphics, Quick-Way, Inc., Squires Chiropractic, Smith & Eddy Insurance, and VanderHaag Car Sales & Rentals. PENTWATER — The Pentwater Falcons defeated Mason County Eastern Thursday, 73-54, in West Michigan D League play. “We got off to a good start but couldn’t find our rhythm in the second…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor SHELBY — The downtown area of the Village of Shelby will undergo a major transformation this summer with a streetscape project. The plan includes: new streetlights, bump-outs for placemaking and traffic calming, concrete stamped sidewalk accents, tree plantings, flower beds, updated benches and garbage receptacles, improved accessible parking and wheelchair ramps, pocket park signage and…
NEW ERA — Michigan State University Extension and asparagus industry partners will host Oceana Asparagus Day, providing Michigan asparagus growers with a full day of educational programming focused on markets, labor, and production challenges Thursday, March 5, at New Era Reformed Church. Registration is from 8–9 a.m., and the program will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oceana Asparagus…
HART — The Oceana County Road Commission announced that seasonal weight and speed restrictions for county roads will go into effect on Monday, Feb. 16, at 6 a.m. until further notice. In an effort to prevent potholes, the road commission imposes seasonal weight and speed restrictions on county roads every year. Due to an unseasonable warm-up, the road commission enacted…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor Pirate News is a presentation of Hart Public Schools in partnership with Oceana County Press. HART — The Early Middle College program will offer an affordable path to a college education for Oceana County students. The program is a consortium of Oceana County school districts — Hart, Shelby, Pentwater and Walkerville — in partnership with…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor PENTWATER — The Pentwater Police Department recently achieved accreditation status from the Michigan Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission. “We spent the last four years working on getting accredited,” said Pentwater Police Chief Laude Hartrum. Police departments are required to meet approximately 100 standards to achieve accreditation, and assessors visit the department to ensure policies are being…
MCP/OCP Sports Coverage is presented by: Baker Ford Ludington, Fresh Coast Foam, Mission Graphics, Quick-Way, Inc., Squires Chiropractic, Smith & Eddy Insurance, and VanderHaag Car Sales & Rentals. NEWAYGO — The Newaygo Lions defeated the Shelby Tigers Wednesday 44-33 in non-conference play. “This was another hard fought contest,” said Shelby Coach Rick Zoulek. “It was very physical at times. We took…
MCP/OCP Sports Coverage is presented by: Baker Ford Ludington, Fresh Coast Foam, Mission Graphics, Quick-Way, Inc., Squires Chiropractic, Smith & Eddy Insurance, and VanderHaag Car Sales & Rentals. HART — The Hart Pirates defeated Mason County Central Wednesday in a dual meet, 69-12. Results: 175: Haegan Hansen, HHS, over William Sodders, MCC, fall, 0:59 190: Kevin Galindo, HHS, over MCC, forfeit 215: Landon Angst, MCC, over Daryon Hollings, HHS, fall, 1:03 285: Adrian Lara, HHS, over Hunter Copsey,…
MCP/OCP Sports Coverage is presented by: Baker Ford Ludington, Fresh Coast Foam, Mission Graphics, Quick-Way, Inc., Squires Chiropractic, Smith & Eddy Insurance, and VanderHaag Car Sales & Rentals. VICTORY TOWNSHIP — The Lakeshore Badgers hosted the West Ottawa Panthers on Wednesday night at the West Shore Community Ice Arena. The game was close and tight checking, with the teams trading some…
Pirate News is a presentation of Hart Public Schools in partnership with Oceana County Press The following Hart High School students were named to the honor roll for marking period 2: HIGH HONORS Seniors Caleb Clyde Ackley Elon Michael Babbin Rowan Maeve Best Makenna Rae Carrier Shelbie Reese Choponis Giulia Cremonese Aiden Patrick Cull Miguel Antonio Escamilla Lyric Joseph Fielder…
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