SHELBY — Shelby State Bank recently announced three staff promotions. Drew Maus was promoted to vice president and commercial lender. Maus is a graduate of Michigan State University and joined Shelby State Bank’s credit department in 2017. He quickly moved to credit officer, overseeing the credit department. His work on Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans during the pandemic was instrumental…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — The two Shelby men who robbed the La Mexicana De Pancho grocery store at gunpoint last December pleaded “no contest” to armed robbery in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, April 28. Jorge Soriano Benitez, 38, and Miguel Angel Vargas-Mares, 23, are looking at minimum sentences of three and a half years in…
FERRY TOWNSHIP — A 42-year-old Shelby man was arrested Thursday, April 17, shortly after 4 p.m. in the 1800 block of Fish Road by troopers from the Michigan State Police, Hart post, on three felony counts of assaulting/resisting/obstructing police, one felony count of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and one count of parole violation,…
LUDINGTON — Over its 70-plus years of service, the SS Badger has been a vessel of making special memories for thousands of people that span multiple generations. For one Hart family the Badger not only provided an important service during a time of hardship, it has become an integral part of their lives. “My 21-year-old daughter, Sarah Ursiny, had been…
Shelby students win essay contest. #ShelbyPublicSchools SHELBY – Three Shelby Middle School students have been named local winners in the 50th Annual America and Me Essay Contest sponsored by Farm Bureau Insurance. Briseida Brito earned first place; Kassie Bisard, second; and Lexis Vega, third. All three will receive award certificates for their achievement. As the school’s first place winner, Briseida’s name will…
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