🌱 How a repeat offender’s Hart break-ins led to a long sentence

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In today's newsletter:

• How a repeat offender's Hart break-ins led to a long sentence
• Hart and Pentwater communities gather to remember Lucus Werkema-Grondsma

Also on today's calendar: Captain While You Can Tailgate Tour and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Rain at times, with a high of 67 and low of 52 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 62, low: 40.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 64 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Man with 18 priors receives prison term for B&E (oceanacountypress.com) — A man with a long criminal record has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for breaking into Hallack Contracting and another Hart business, stealing items including copper wire and financial instruments. The Oceana County case details his multiple prior break-ins around Hart and nearby communities, and explains how his new sentence will run alongside existing prison time, keeping him incarcerated for years.
   

• Obituary: Lucas Jerry Werkema-Grondsma, 18, of Pentwater (oceanacountypress.com) — Family and friends in Hart and Pentwater are invited to remember 18-year-old Lucus Werkema-Grondsma at a visitation October 11 at Beacon's King-Hart Chapel, followed by a celebration of life and luncheon. The obituary shares his love of the outdoors, his close-knit family ties, and suggests memorial gifts to the Pentwater High School Clay Target Club instead of flowers.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hart

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3
• Captain While You Can Tailgate Tour →
  2000 S Mission St, Mt Pleasant
  3:30 pm

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Other local events

Friday October 2
• Food Truck Friday at Pleasant Valley Vineyard →
  Pleasant Valley Farm & Vineyard, 522 N 69th Ave, Hart
  1:00 pm
• Live Music at Pleasant Valley - Redux →
  Pleasant Valley Farm & Vineyard, 522 N 69th Ave, Hart
  4:00 pm
• Boys Varsity Soccer Home vs Big Rapids Cross Roads
  Hart High School, 300 Johnson St, Hart
  5:00 pm
• Varsity Football @ Whitehall
  Whitehall High School, 3100 W White Lake Dr, Whitehall
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• Varsity Volleyball @ Mona Shores
  Mona Shores High School, 1121 Seminole Rd, Norton Shores
  8:30 am
• Live Music at Pleasant Valley - Andy Patterson →
  Pleasant Valley Farm & Vineyard, 522 N 69th Ave, Hart
  4:00 pm
Monday October 5
• Boys JV Soccer Home vs Orchard View
  Hart High School, 300 Johnson St, Hart
  4:00 pm
• Boys Varsity Soccer Home vs Orchard View
  Hart High School, 300 Johnson St, Hart
  5:30 pm
Tuesday October 6
• Cross Country - Home Meet
  Hart High School, 300 Johnson St, Hart
  4:30 pm
• JV Volleyball Home vs Oakridge
  Hart High School, 300 Johnson St, Hart
  5:30 pm
• Varsity Volleyball Home vs Oakridge
  Hart High School, 300 Johnson St, Hart
  6:30 pm
Wednesday October 7
• Boys JV Soccer @ Ludington
  Oriole Field, 700 W Tinkham Ave, Ludington
  5:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Shelby

• Macomb Township man arraigned in Shelby Township drug bust case (newsbreak.com)
• Fall Sports Stars: Who is the top Muskegon-area senior girls cross country runner? (mlive.com)
• Norm Loved Cheers, But George Wendt's Favorite Bar Was in West Michigan (enjoyer.com)

Ludington

• 51st Circuit Court sentences, published Sept. 30, 2026 (masoncountypress.com)
• Paul Behm: A lifetime on the lakes, tested by one storm (masoncountypress.com)
• Fountain man arrested for domestic violence, property destruction (masoncountypress.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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