Today: A 50-percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8 am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Northwest wind at 5 to 8 mph. Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. North-northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Sunday: A 30-percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8 am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Northwest wind between 5 and 13 mph.

Authorities tentatively have identified the remains of a woman found stuffed in a suitcase and floating in a creek as a 32-year-old southeast Michigan woman. WDIV-TV reported Friday that Pam Prpich had been missing since last week and lived in a condominium near the creek where the suitcase was found. Police said Prpich's brother had been looking for her and was alerted to the suitcase by people boating on the creek, about 20 miles southwest of Detroit. He opened the suitcase Thursday night.

A girl who was molested by her high school softball coach when she was 14 years old will eventually forget the ordeal, a defense lawyer told a Michigan judge in arguing for a more lenient sentence. Thomas Warda said at the sentencing hearing for Mickey Gotwalt, 52, that his client "didn't kill this girl,' according to a court transcript obtained by The Saginaw News.

Spring Lake's varsity soccer team made an early statement in what head coach Jeremy Thelen hopes is the first of many this season. The Lakers posted a shutout on Western Michigan Christian, the defending Division 4 state champions Friday evening in the season opening contest for both squads. The Warriors managed just two shots on goal in their 4-0 setback at Spring Lake Soccer Field.

When the Tri-Cities Kiwanis Club decided to sponsor the Kelly Miller Circus six years ago, Bill Swano thought the event would be a good fundraiser for the club every other year. A week from today, the Kelly Miller Circus will make its sixth consecutive appearance in Grand Haven under the sponsorship of the local Kiwanis Club. The circus was sponsored by the Grand Haven Area Jaycees for one year, seven years ago. Swano, who handles the logistics in bringing the circus to town, said it has been a huge success through the years for the Kiwanis Club.

A rescue boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Holland rescued two people in Lake Macatawa on Thursday afternoon. A man and woman, both of whom were wearing life jackets, were rescued. Their names and ages are not being released. The couple was spotted while Coast Guard crews were underway on a routine patrol aboard a 25-foot small response boat. The crew saw the two people fall into the water after their 15-foot sailing vessel capsized at about 2:15 p.m.