Want to promote your business? We can help.

September 5, 2014
Want to promote your business? We can help.

Do you own a business in Mason or Oceana counties and want to increase your marketing at an affordable price? Do you know that the largest spending group are those between the ages of 25 and 55? This is also the age group that predominantly relies on the Internet for its news and information. Sixty-seven percent of the readers of…

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Citizen of the Year dinner Sept. 18

September 5, 2014
Citizen of the Year dinner Sept. 18

PENTWATER — Dr. Dave Roseman is the Pentwater Citizen of the Year, and in honor of his accomplishment a dinner is set for Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Pentwater Yacht Club. Tickets are available at the Pentwater Village Hall and through the Pentwater Service Club. Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m., and dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. Menu choices are…

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Burned car may be stolen

September 4, 2014
Burned car may be stolen

HART — A burned car that was reported to police today may be the same car that was reported stolen from the Oceana County Fairgrounds parking lot during the final night of the fair, Aug. 23. Hart Police Department, the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office and the Hart post of the Michigan State Police responded to a complaint of a burned…

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27th Circuit Court sentencings

September 4, 2014
27th Circuit Court sentencings

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The following were sentenced Tuesday by Judge Anthony A. Monton in 27th Circuit Court: – James Edward West, 30, of 2116 Lakeshore Dr., Muskegon, pled no contest Nov. 2, 2009 to accosting children for immoral purposes. He was sentenced Sept. 2 to one year in jail with credit for 180 days served; sentence…

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78th District Court arraignments

September 4, 2014
78th District Court arraignments

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART – The following were arraigned Wednesday in 78th District Court: –      Clifford Allen Larson, 27, of 21 S. State St., Hesperia, was arrested Aug. 24 by the Hesperia Police Department for a misdemeanor of embezzlement – agent or trustee ($200-$1,000). A pretrial is set for Sept. 16 at 4:45 p.m. Bail: $5,000/10 percent. –     …

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Oceana Republicans kick off campaign

September 4, 2014
Oceana Republicans kick off campaign

HART — The Oceana GOP begins its “Mobile Campaign HQ” Friday morning, Sept. 12, in downtown Hart and then travels every Friday morning around the county visiting what Oceana County Chair Bob Carr called “the local coffee clutches in our city and villages” up until election day. “We have been doing this for a number of elections and find it…

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EF is here to stay

September 3, 2014
EF is here to stay

ROTHBURY – It looks like the Electric Forest Festival is here to stay for the next decade … as long as it gets support from the Grant Township Board. The Double JJ Ranch and AEG Live, a national concert promotion company that acquired Electric Forest co-organizer Madison House Presents in January, agreed to a 10-year deal to keep the gigantic…

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Mount Baldy Hill Climb Sunday

September 3, 2014
Mount Baldy Hill Climb Sunday

SILVER LAKE — The Mount Baldy Hill Climb is set for Sunday, Sept. 7, at 10 a.m. in the ORV section at the Silver Lake State Park. Contact the Michigan Sports Buggy Association for more details at 734-422-3537 or go to facebook.Michigan-Sport-Buggy-Association. – Photo courtesy of the Michigan Sport Buggy Association

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Irish Festival will kick off with anniversary celebration.

September 3, 2014

MUSKEGON — The Michigan Irish Music Festival is having a party to celebrate its 15th anniversary called Ar Scoona. The festival will open the pub tent at Heritage Landing on Thursday, September 11th, from 5pm – 11pm, for Muskegon Ar Scoona, which means “On Tap” in Gaelic. The Ar Scoona will feature live entertainment with Seamus Kennedy, Crossbow, Moxie, and Socks in the…

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Grapes & Grains Saturday

September 3, 2014
Grapes & Grains Saturday

PENTWATER — Harbor Hospice has changed its annual “Art & Wine at the Harbor” benefit up a bit this year. It is now Grapes & Grains to allow for the addition of craft beer tasting. The event is Saturday, Sept. 6 from 2-5 p.m. at Snug Harbor Marina downtown. Tickets are $30 in advance, available at the Harbor Hospice office…

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Oceana Women Who Care to meet Sept. 9

September 3, 2014
Oceana Women Who Care to meet Sept. 9

PENTWATER – The Women Who Care of Oceana County will have their next quarterly meeting Tuesday, Sept. 9, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Gull Landing.. “The word is getting out that this is a simple and significant way to support those in need in Oceana County,” said spokeswoman Gina Ferwerda of Silver Lake.  “We are hopeful of welcoming our 100th member…

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Towing company owner sentenced to 30 days in jail

September 2, 2014
Towing company owner sentenced to 30 days in jail

HART — Paul J. Rosse, the owner of Paul’s Towing in Hart, was sentenced to 30 days in jail Tuesday in 27th Circuit Court for a felony conviction of common law fraud. Rosse, who was also ordered to pay nearly $23,000 in restitution, was arrested last June by the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office for “ghost towing.” He was facing up…

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Downed tree causes sewage spill

September 2, 2014
Downed tree causes sewage spill

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. SHELBY — A downed tree from high winds caused a sewage spill at the village’s Industrial Park Drive lift station that leaked untreated sewage into Piper Creek Monday. Officials are testing the spill’s environmental impact on the creek today, said Village Administrator Aaron Desentz. The spill has no impact on village residents’ water or sewer…

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Police: alcohol a factor in weekend crash

September 2, 2014
Police: alcohol a factor in weekend crash

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. WEARE TWP. — Police said charges are pending against a 36-year-old man who was driving a Benny’s Evergreens truck that crashed into a gravel pile in a construction zone on Monroe Road Saturday afternoon. Porfirio Escamilla could face a “super drunk driving” charge, said Lt. Craig Mast of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office this morning.…

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2 injured in Monroe Road crash.

August 30, 2014
2 injured in Monroe Road crash.

WEARE TWP. — Two men were injured Saturday afternoon when the pickup truck they were in collided with a gravel pile in the construction zone of Monroe Road east of Oceana Drive. Pentwater and Hart fire departments responded to the scene along with Oceana County Sheriff’s Office and Oceana EMS. The Chevrolet Pickup appeared to have been traveling east on…

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Welcome to the world, Saul! Recent birth.

August 29, 2014

Saul Silva Jr., the son of Yulianna Garcia and Saul Silva of Hart, was born Aug. 28, 2014 at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital. If you have a birth announcement to make, you are welcome to email the announcement and a photograph to editor@OceanaCountyPress.com

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Fleeing police yields jail term

August 29, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 26-year-old Mears man will spend the next six months in jail following a May 12 conviction of fleeing a police officer. Jacob Allen Wilson, of 5215 W. Fox Rd., was sentenced Wednesday in 27th Circuit Court to one year in jail with credit for 11 days served; sentence to be served at…

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Stabber sentenced

August 29, 2014
Stabber sentenced

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 24-year-old Montague man who had been on the lam for three days following a stabbing last May was sentenced Monday in 27th Circuit Court to one year in jail with nine months forthwith. Jacob Casey Kozlowski, of 9418 Oak Lane Dr., pled no contest to assault with a weapon July 14. Kozlowski…

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