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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Festival keeps law firm busy.

June 25, 2015
Festival keeps law firm busy.

Electric Forest Festival coverage is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart),www.springsteadlaw.com.  HART — Defense attorney Erin Fisher of Springstead Law Offices knows what it takes to win a case, and she is prepared to battle for her clients. Fisher will be available via 231-873-4022 24 hours per day during the festival, June 25-28,…

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78th District Court sentencings

June 24, 2015
78th District Court sentencings

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The following were sentenced recently in 78th District Court: – Adan A. Fuentes, 39, of 935 Thomas St., Grand Rapids, was found guilty June 22 of allowing a person to drive in violation and sentenced to 90 days discretionary jail to ensure compliance with court orders; credit for time served if imposed; and…

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Drunk driving arrest among MSP activity

June 23, 2015
Drunk driving arrest among MSP activity

The police news is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart), www.springsteadlaw.com. Oceana County activity of the Hart post of the Michigan State Police Monday, June 22, 2015 includes: – 11:50 a.m., a 67-year-old Hart man was arrested for operating while intoxicated, 3000 block of Polk Rd., Hart Twp. – 2:14 p.m., Social Security…

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Hesperia man arrested in connection to hammer attack

June 23, 2015
Hesperia man arrested in connection to hammer attack

HESPERIA — The 32-year-old Hesperia man who was wanted by police in connection to an alleged attack of his ex-wife and her boyfriend with a hammer, June 12, in the 100 block of Elm Street surrendered to authorities Monday, June 22. Clinton Ebenstein turned himself in to authorities at approximately 10:15 a.m. on a three-count felony warrant issued in connection…

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Recent death, reported June 23, 2015.

June 23, 2015

Thomas N. Kokx,77, Ludington and formerly of Hart, passed away on June 22, 2015 at Oakview Medical Care Facility. Arrangements by King Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ludington. List of 2015 deaths on record. 

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Motorcycle crash, turfing, camping equipment theft among police activity

June 22, 2015
Motorcycle crash, turfing, camping equipment theft among police activity

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 over the weekend: Friday, June 19, 2015: – 2:35 p.m., a 23-year-old Greenwood Township man was arrested for domestic assault, 6000 block of E. Garfield Rd., Greenwood Twp.…

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Wyns hits a hole in one… for the second time

June 22, 2015
Wyns hits a hole in one… for the second time

SHELBY — Don Wyns made his second career hole in one Saturday, June 20, at Oceana Golf Club. Don used a seven wood on the 170-yard par-three hole. The ace was witnessed by Paul Tanner, along with Mike and Kathy Brown. Don recorded his first career ace Sept. 9, 1990 on the 17th hole at Oceana Golf Club, which was…

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Walkerville man faces prison for sexual assault that occurred one decade ago

June 22, 2015
Walkerville man faces prison for sexual assault that occurred one decade ago

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 60-year-old Walkerville man pleaded “no contest” to first-degree criminal sexual conduct in 27th Circuit Court Monday, June 22, stemming from an incident in Walkerville that occurred 10 years ago with a female victim who was under the age of 13 at the time, said Oceana County Prosecutor Joe Bizon. Jeffery John Parsons’…

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Pentwater man sent to prison for high-speed chase, felonious assault

June 22, 2015
Pentwater man sent to prison for high-speed chase, felonious assault

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The 37-year-old Pentwater man who fled police during a high-speed chase last April that began in Shelby and ended in Holton was sentenced in 27th Circuit Court Monday, June 22, to a minimum of 18 months in a Michigan Department of Corrections prison. James Darin Grabinski, who has been lodged in the Oceana…

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Driver in crash fueled by love triangle pleads ‘no contest’

June 22, 2015
Driver in crash fueled by love triangle pleads ‘no contest’

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART – A 43-year-old Rothbury man pleaded “no contest” to one count of felonious assault in 27th Circuit Court Monday, June 22, stemming a car crash last March in Grant Township fueled by a love triangle. In exchange for Robert Bernard Moore’s plea, a second count of felonious assault was dismissed, along with one count…

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Fire destroys building at Double JJ days before festival begins

June 22, 2015
Fire destroys building at Double JJ days before festival begins

GRANT TWP. — A tower that filtered power to the old section of the Double JJ Resort near Rothbury where the gigantic Electric Forest Festival kicks off this Thursday, was completely burned in a fire Monday, June 22. No one was injured in the blaze. Grant Township, Shelby-Benona and Montague fire departments were dispatched to the scene at approximately 11 a.m.…

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Recent death, reported June 22, 2015.

June 22, 2015

Helen M. Henry, 79, of Pentwater, passed away on June 20, 2015.  Arrangements by King Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Hart. List of 2015 deaths on record. 

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The myth of Common Core.

June 21, 2015

The Mitten Memo. A blog by Nick Krieger.  It’s the first day of summer, and school policy is probably the furthest thing from your mind.  Instead, you’re probably thinking about barbeques and vacation plans.  Maybe you’re also wondering whether Lake Michigan will get warm enough to swim in this year. But a well-funded movement is gaining steam all across the…

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Recent death, reported June 21, 2015.

June 21, 2015

Phyllis (Herrygers) Burmeister, 95, of Hart, passed away Saturday, June 20, 2015.  Arrangements by Harris Funeral Home, Shelby. List of 2015 deaths on record. 

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