Today: Rain and snow likely after 9 a.m., becoming all rain after 2 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 45. East-southeast wind at around 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Today is opening day of trout season on the Type 1 and Type 2 streams as well as the walleye, northern pike and muskellunge opener on the Lower Peninsula inland waters, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

(1) Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company will be staging "Romeo and Juliet" at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Seven Steps Up, 116 S. Jackson St. in Spring Lake. The Grand Haven-based troupe is Michigan's only year-round touring Shakespeare company. They perform all over the place.

Police say they've received a number of tips after releasing surveillance photos of possible suspects in credit card scams, but the investigation is continuing. "We've gotten multiple tips through calls to the department and through Silent Observer,' Detective Bruce Morningstar of the Fruitport Township Police Department said Thursday afternoon. "I think things are coming together.'

The Spring Lake Country Club was formed in 1911 under the leadership of William Savidge when a stock corporation was formed. With the purchase of property that had been part of the Benjamin Soule farm, a golf club was created.

Spring Lake split a baseball twin bill with Ravenna on Thursday, losing 11-5 before bouncing back to win 6-2.

Host Western Michigan Christian remained perfect in the River Valley Conference Thursday and opened up a two-game lead with a 3-2 win over second-place Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian.