Oceana County News

A A Overnight the single band of heavy lake effect snow blasted Indiana with true blizzard conditions.A Visibility was reduced to "less than 30 yards ". A Nearly a foot of snow fell, with estimates of 2-4" in one hour!A Wind gusts hit 60 mph at Burns Harbor IN .A Anywhere from a dusting to 8" of snow is expected as this band comes inheavy snow is ... (more)

DNR wildlife research specialist Dr. Dwayne Etter left and John Niewoonder, a DNR natural resource manager examine a more than 300 pound tranquilized black bear in Oceana County's Crystal Township on Thursday afternoon, February 9, 2012.

The first of two weekends of Oceana County's WinterFest celebration is Saturday with a fishing tournament, a Polar Dip into Pentwater Lake, wine tasting and a hula-hoop contest.

This illustration compares a healthy brain and the brain of someone who is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease.

Read more: Education , Free Playgroups , Mason Lake Oceana Great Start Collaborative , Mason County , Oceana County , Lake County , Early Childhood Education The Mason-Lake-Oceana Great Start Collaborative offers free playgroups to children ages 0-5 in all three counties.

Oceana Republicans will host their first meeting of the year Tuesday, Feb. 14, at noon at Walker's Restaurant in Hart.

The West Michigan Jobs Group cash mob was expected to bring more than 40 shoppers to the Century Club Center in downtown Muskegon Friday evening.

Child poverty in Oceana County jumped 23 percent between 2005 and 2009 while nearly 66 percent of Oceana K-12 children qualify for free and reduced price lunches, the latest Kids Count in Michigan Data Book concludes.

A Muskegon County court hearing for Orson Matthews Hager, charged with two Muskegon car thefts as well as a strange Oceana County cottage break-in spree, has been postponed until March.

OCEANA COUNTY, Mich. - Tickets for a summer music festival in Oceana County are now on sale, but who is performing at the Electric Forest Festival? That's a good question.

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Justin J. Dehling, 24, of Kewaskum, Mich., one year Oceana County Jail for possession of meth, $400 fines/fees/costs, sentence to be served in court's discretion, eight months forthwith.

A student answers a question in her eighth grade Advanced Algebra I class at Bunker Middle School in Muskegon.

Saying he didn't want other property owners to go through the same thing he did, Benona Township property owner Bill Marossy attempted to get across his point at the Jan.

A lawsuit filed in California about a 2008 accident in Muskegon County in which people were being transported to Oceana County has wound up in Mason County's courthouse - or at least some paperwork has.

GOLDEN TWP., Mich. An Oceana County man, who police say shot his own television, is now charged with reckless discharge of a firearm.

A second semi-truck within a week has jackknifed on U.S. 31 northbound after losing control on the icy highway near the Polk Road exit in Hart Township.

The new owners of the Muskegon paper mill have asked the city of Muskegon for permission to use explosives to bring down a 280-foot smokestack and a bleach plant building on the mill property.

Muskegon County students are apparently having trouble with some of the concepts in classes like Advanced Algebra I, shown in this file photo.

The Community Foundation for Oceana County's Youth Advisory Council awarded $500 in grants in December as a community service project.