UPDATE (1:02 p.m.) Authorities have identified the woman who died in a fire this morning at a Muskegon home as Vatina Smith, 42.

Just close your eyes and listen. For a few moments, it's possible to forget where you are - the library of a genteel retirement home in a Grand Haven neighborhood. Instead, you could be in a night club - sans the cigarette smoke, to be sure - listening to a band led by a swinging clarinetist and fronted by a singer whose familiar-sounding gritty voice is belting out the "St. Louis Blues.'

Their hopes of qualifying for the national sand soccer tournament were dashed with a loss in the finals of the Grand Haven Soccer in the Sand event back in early June.

Each November, Clarence "Tad' Poel made it his mission to find a large Christmas tree for The Salvation Army's "Tree of Lights.'

Police are investigating the attempted break-in early today of a home in Georgetown Township.

Parents heard from Grand Haven Area Public Schools officials on Wednesday about a recommended plan to change the district's middle schools to four grades and shift kindergarten to full days.

"Suessical the Musical' is a family affair for the Chalupa family of Spring Lake. Chris and Shaylynn Chalupa and their kids - Max, 7; and Zozzy, 2 - all have parts in the Central Park Players' production.