Police still searching for baby Kate LDN Staff - Thursday, July 7, 2011 The investigation continues into the whereabouts of four-month-old KATHERINE SHELBIE-ELIZABETH PHILLIPS.  More searches have been conducted by members of local law enforcement agencies, various fire departments from Mason and surrounding counties, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Michigan State Police and the Michigan Department of Corrections Search Team. Each search effort requires the support the certifie...

Pentwater police chief injured after being hit by truck Wednesday, July 6, 2011 PENTWATER — Pentwater Police Chief Laude Hartrum was listed in fair condition Tuesday at Spectrum Health Care Center in Grand Rapids after being struck by a pick-up truck while directing traffic following the Pentwater fireworks display late Sunday night. Oceana County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Craig Mast said Hartrum under went surgery Monday to repair a broken pelvis. Hartrum was treated at the scen...

While visiting his grandparents in Hart, six-year-old Pentwater kindergarten student Deakon Raeth helped his grandma, grandpa and little brother safely escape a fire inside his grandparents’ home during the early morning hours of Memorial Day 2010.  Using the knowledge he gained about fire safety from Pentwater Fire Department personnel at Pentwater Public schools, Deakon showed them how to stay low and crawl from the house.  Hart Fire Department quickly controlled the smoke...

An early morning fire in Golden Township destroyed the garage and damaged a portion of the attached home on Sunday.  Vacationers camping nearby noticed fire in the garage while the owners were away.  Pentwater Fire Department, Hart Fire Department, Shelby/ Benona Fire Department and Oceana EMS responded to the blaze. 

Neighbors smelled smoke and called 911 about 4:20 a.m. Sunday morning.  Upon arrival of first responders, heavy fire was showing on the second floor, threatening houses directly north and south of the fire.  Residents in the house on the south side were evacuated.  No one was home in the house north of the fire, which sustained some damage to the siding and second floor bedroom.  Pentwater, Hart, Shelby, Crystal Valley, Riverton and Pere Marquette firefighters ...

Pentwater and Hart fire departments were dispatched to a mobilehome fire at 66th Ave. and Adams Road in northern Weare Township.

At 6:30 am, a local resident noticed smoke as he passed the intersection of Second Street and Hancock Avenue on his way to work and called 911.  A visitor at the nearby campground said he heard an explosion, "a boom, like a gas explosion."  The Nickerson Inn, which would have been 93 years old in July, was gutted by fire during a heavy rainstorm.  The inn was unoccupied at the time.  Firefighters from Pentwater, Hart, Shelby, Crystal Valley,...