MSP’s EF activity report includes 23 felony drug charges

June 30, 2015
MSP’s EF activity report includes 23 felony drug charges

Electric Forest Festival coverage is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart),www.springsteadlaw.com. GRANT TWP. — The Michigan State Police, which is contracted by Electric Forest Festival promoters to provide law enforcement on site, released its activity report Tuesday, June 30. MSP activity during the huge four-day music festival, June 25-28, at the Double JJ…

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87-year-old driver cited in 3-car crash

June 30, 2015
87-year-old driver cited in 3-car crash

GRANT TWP. — An 87-year-old New Era man, who rear-ended a Part Plus car causing a three-car crash on Oceana Drive near Roosevelt Road Monday afternoon, June 29, was cited for failure to stop, police said today. The Parts Plus car, a 2011 Ford Fiesta, was stopped on the roadway as the 29-year-old Shelby woman driving it was waiting for…

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Have a blast at Hart Sparks

June 30, 2015
Have a blast at Hart Sparks

Enjoy fireworks displays in Pentwater, Silver Lake, Hesperia too HART — Hart Sparks 2015 organizers are gearing up for another fun-filled downtown event Thursday, July 2, at 7 p.m. to celebrate the Fourth of July. In addition to the dazzling fireworks display, enjoy music, food, a dunk tank, carnival games, a corn-hole tournament, photo booths, sidewalk chalk, face painting, a…

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MSP continues to stay busy with festival

June 30, 2015
MSP continues to stay busy with festival

The police news is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart), www.springsteadlaw.com. The following is Oceana County activity of the Hart post of Michigan State Police: Monday, June 29, 2015: – 9:30 a.m., lost wallet, Electric Forest, Grant Twp. – 11 a.m., lost wallet, EF, Grant Twp. – 2 p.m., larceny of camera equipment,…

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Festival goer reported missing.

June 30, 2015
Festival goer reported missing.

GRANT TOWNSHIP — OCP has received a report of an Electric Forest Festival attendee who is missing. According to an email from Sheila Larson of Lake Preston, South Dakota, Evan Lyle Jensen was last seen packing up to leave the festival at 5:30 a.m. on Monday, June 29. Larson said he was traveling with a large group who had planned to leave…

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Driver who crashed into power pole cited for careless driving

June 30, 2015
Driver who crashed into power pole cited for careless driving

The driver who fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a power pole Monday, June 29, at 6:30 a.m. on Monroe Road at the old Trading Post store near Pentwater was cited for careless driving, according to the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office. The 20-year-old Beverly Hills, Mich. man “was fatigued and fell asleep as he was headed west bound,”…

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Bear hunting license drawing held.

June 29, 2015

LANSING — The Department of Natural Resources today announced that the results of the 2015 bear hunting license drawing have been posted at www.michigan.gov/huntdrawings. A total of 6,951 bear licenses were available during the bear application period (May 1-June 1). A total of 112 leftover bear licenses are still available in the Bergland Management Unit (Sept. 25-Oct. 26) and will…

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Recent death, reported June 29, 2015.

June 29, 2015

Pamela Jo Snider, 54, of Traverse City, (formerly of Hart), passed away on June 27, 2015.  Arrangements by King Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Hart. List of 2015 deaths on record. 

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MSP: No EF deaths, but long list of complaints

June 29, 2015
MSP: No EF deaths, but long list of complaints

The police news is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart), www.springsteadlaw.com. GRANT TWP. — The Hart post of the Michigan State Police reported no deaths from the gigantic four-day Electric Forest Festival at the Double JJ Resort over the weekend, but there is a long list of complaints including assaults, drug arrests and…

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Music Rules: the best acts of EF 2015

June 29, 2015
Music Rules: the best acts of EF 2015

Electric Forest Festival coverage is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart),www.springsteadlaw.com. By Mark Lewis. OCP Contributing Writer. GRANT TWP. – After they breakdown the stages, take down all the art and festival lighting, and pick up every last glow stick, the one question everybody will be asking is: What was the best show of Electric Forest Festival…

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Electric Forest an event for the young…and the not-so young

June 29, 2015
Electric Forest an event for the young…and the not-so young

Electric Forest Festival coverage is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart),www.springsteadlaw.com. By Mark Lewis. OCP Contributing Writer. GRANT TWP. – Looking from afar, the fifth-annual Electric Forest Festival may appear to be an event best left to young people. But you don’t have to look too far to find people slightly outside of the festival’s presumed age-range.…

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Electric Forest revelers may have broken group hug world record

June 27, 2015
Electric Forest revelers may have broken group hug world record

Electric Forest Festival coverage is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart),www.springsteadlaw.com. By Mark Lewis. OCP Contributing Writer. GRANT TWP. – Love is in the air, and not just in the rarified air of the United States Supreme Court. Around 10,000 people gathered Friday afternoon at Electric Forest’s Sherwood Stage to have their go at a world record.…

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There’s more than music at Electric Forest

June 27, 2015
There’s more than music at Electric Forest

By Mark Lewis. OCP Contributing Writer. Electric Forest Festival coverage is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart),www.springsteadlaw.com. ROTHBURY – When one thinks of music festivals, it’s not absurd to conjure an image of days upon days of, well, music. And while there certainly is plenty of music to hear at the fifth annual…

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Rail trail rebuild project underway

June 26, 2015
Rail trail rebuild project underway

MONTAGUE — Reconstruction of the Hart-Montague William Field Memorial Trail between Stanton Boulevard in the City of Montague and Wood Street in the City of Hart started Monday, June 22, with preliminary work to remove and rebuild the overlook decks along the trail. In the coming weeks, the work and impacts will substantially increase. Phase I of the trail project…

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Bass thumps at Electric Forest

June 26, 2015
Bass thumps at Electric Forest

Electric Forest Festival coverage is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022; www.springsteadlaw.com. By Mark Lewis. Contributing OCP Writer. GRANT TWP. —  For the fifth-straight year, festival goers came from all around, flooding the normally sleepy village of Rothbury with good cheer, wallets full of cash, and thumping bass – lots and lots of thumping bass. License plates…

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Electric Forest Opens With Long Lines, Big Ambitions

June 25, 2015
Electric Forest Opens With Long Lines, Big Ambitions

Electric Forest Festival coverage is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022; www.springsteadlaw.com. By Mark Lewis. Contributing OCP Writer. GRANT TWP. —  For the fifth-straight year, festival goers came from all around, flooding the normally sleepy village of Rothbury with good cheer, wallets full of cash, and thumping bass – lots and lots of thumping bass. License plates from…

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Long lines to get into EF, but well worth the wait

June 25, 2015
Long lines to get into EF, but well worth the wait

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. Electric Forest Festival coverage is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart),www.springsteadlaw.com. GRANT TWP. — A steady flow of traffic entering the Electric Forest Festival grounds at the Double JJ Resort began just before dark Wednesday, June 24, and continues well into Thursday afternoon, June 25. The gigantic music festival draws…

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Tiger marching band geared up for dazzling EF performance

June 25, 2015
Tiger marching band geared up for dazzling EF performance

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. Electric Forest Festival coverage is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart),www.springsteadlaw.com. GRANT TWP. — The award-winning Shelby High School Marching Band is set for another brilliant performance at the Electric Forest Festival this Saturday, June 27, at the Double JJ Resort. The band uniforms is set to perform…

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