International Aid has shipped more than $116 million of health products and medical equipment over the past 12 months. This amount of aid is a record high for the 30-year-old Christian relief organization, IA officials said, and represents a 123-percent increase from the average amount of aid shipped by International Aid over the previous seven years.

A new service line that will address an escalating condition in aging women - referred to in clinical circles as "a silent epidemic' - has now been established in Grand Haven by the North Ottawa Community Health System. The Pelvic Prolapse Correction Center of Michigan uses the da Vinci Surgical System - the only one of its kind on the Lakeshore - to correct pelvic prolapse. This robotic surgery repositions female reproductive organs that have lapsed, or fallen; as well as strengthens the posterior, anterior and floor of the pelvis.

Spring Lake Yacht Club sailors dominated the 2011 Butterfly National Championship Regatta. The regatta was hosted by Grand Rapids Yacht Club and took place on Reeds Lake from July 20-22. More that 60 sailors from around the country competed in Junior and Open Class fleets. The Junior Fleet includes all sailors 16-and-under while the Open Class is for all ages. SLYC's Frank Reeg was the second overall finisher in the Junior Class. Mara Strobel-Lanka took fifth, Angelo Riolo was sixth, Olivia Windemuller was ninth, and Mason Wolters placed 10th.

Singer/dancer James Delisco, winner of E! Network's reality series "The Entertainer,' will join the Grand Rapids Symphony for a concert featuring 40 years of Michael Jackson hits. "The Music of Michael Jackson' will be heard Thursday and Friday, Aug. 4-5, at 7:30 both nights at Cannonsburg Ski Area. This special event is the final concert of this summer's D&W Fresh Market Picnic Pops Series.

Dozens of people waded to shore and two were rescued by helicopter from a tour boat that was damaged by a wave in Lake Michigan near Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, authorities said. The operator of the tour boat Pictured Rocks called for help shortly before 8:30 p.m. Monday after a wave reportedly went over the boat's bow, smashing a window and causing the boat's electronics to malfunction, the Coast Guard said. The boat had 61 people aboard. No major injuries were reported. Waves in the area were 2- to 4-feet high at the time, the Coast Guard said.

Authorities said an 89-year-old woman found dead last week in a Grand Rapids-area retirement community apartment was strangled. Mary Morrison lived at the Sentinel Pointe Retirement Community in Cascade Township for 12 years. She was found dead July 19, and authorities on Monday met with residents and their families to discuss the case.

The Ottawa County Fair kicks off today with "Night of Destruction,' a grandstand event featuring Unique Motorsports, at 7 p.m. The 53rd annual fair features hundreds of free exhibits, flower shows, 4-H animal exhibits and more - with a carnival throughout the week - at 1286 Ottawa Beach Road on Holland's northside. Brent Alan, the fair's concession and vendor manager, said their goal is "affordable family fun.'