Having been in development for several months, the Grand Haven Downtown Development Authority's branding project is on the horizon. Grand Haven DDA Executive Director Dana Kollewehr said the new branding project is expected to be rolled out in September. "We want to get that thing going,' she said. Grand Haven was selected by the Michigan Main Street program in January to take part in the rebranding services being offered by W. Designs. Boyne City, Clare and Niles were also selected to receive the branding services.

The Grand Valley State women's cross country and track and field programs left little doubt that the Lakers would be the best Division II running program in the country this year. For the third consecutive season, Grand Valley State has been named the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division II Program of the Year, as released by the national office in New Orleans recently.

Worship leader and composer Rick Hopkins will be leading Worship on the Waterfront at the Grand Haven Waterfront Stadium from 7:30-8:45 p.m. Sunday. Through his singing and song writing, Hopkins desires to share his life experience and a lifelong journey with God through music. His hope is that it will resonate with the audience longing to see a broken world made right. Hopkins puts his energy and emotion into writing songs that stir people closer to God. He said he also loves to lead worship and be part of a group of people desiring to see God move and be glorified.

A veteran Grand Rapids disc jockey died two days after she was pulled from a pool at her home. Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital officials said Allison Harte died Thursday night after family decided to take her off a respirator. Her husband, Roger Dykstra, pulled her from the bottom of the in-ground pool at their Rockford-area home. Harte's real name was Prudence Dykstra.

The body of a Grant-area man missing since Saturday was found Thursday. The Newaygo County Sheriff's Department was dispatched for a possible motorcycle crash to Maple Island Avenue and South River Drive on Thursday night. The driver of the motorcycle, 39-year-old Walter Wojahn, was pronounced dead at the scene. Family members said Wojahn left for work in Spring Lake late Saturday morning, but never showed up. They had been searching for him since Saturday. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

The Grand Haven-based Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company will stage an all-male cast production of Shakespeare's "Cymbeline' at C3 Exchange in Spring Lake, July 29-31. This production is directed by Bob Jones, who travels to West Michigan from Virginia to direct for Pigeon Creek.

The "No Cigs for Our Kids' campaign partnered with law enforcement agencies from the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office, Spring Lake-Ferrysburg Police Department and the Holland Department of Public Safety last month to ensure stores do not sell tobacco to those under age 18. The 54 undercover tobacco compliance checks in June resulted in sales to an underage decoy at two Ferrysburg stores: the Reef Party Store and JD's Shoreline Super Stop.