Grand Haven's varsity football team scored 305 points last fall, the most in the history of the program. Putting points on the board might be more of a challenge this fall as the Buccaneers will be without graduated seniors Adam Poel (QB), Dalton Stenberg (RB) and Alec Smith (WR), who accounted for a bulk of the team's scoring a year ago. In fact, according to coach Mike Farley, the Bucs return just one player from the offensive backfield.

A woman arrested on her wedding day and jailed while wearing a white gown and veil has been arraigned on identity theft charges. The Jackson Citizen Patriot reported Wednesday that 53-year-old Tammy Lee Hinton is accused of using or trying to use her son's identification to get phone and utility service, and a credit card. Jackson District Court Magistrate Frederick Bishop ordered Hinton held on a $100,000 bond.

Firefighters from seven departments battled a series of small fires inside a Fruitport-area foundry Tuesday night after hydraulic fluid apparently leaked and started a fire in the center of the plant, according to Spring Lake Township Fire Chief Rick Nuvill. No injuries were reported. Second-shift employees evacuated the Casting Technologies Co. building at 14638 Apple Ave., just east of Fruitport, when the fire started just before 9:30 p.m. One of the employees said it was hard to tell how big the fire was because there was so much smoke.

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. West wind at around 14 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. West-northwest wind around 6 mph, becoming calm. Friday: A 30-percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Light wind becoming east at 10 to 13 mph.

In an effort to stay in touch with his constituents in Michigan's 2nd Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga will host an online town hall beginning at 2 p.m. today. The Zeeland Republican said he will answer questions live from Washington via his Facebook page, facebook.com/rephuizenga. To participate, "Like' his page and post a question or comment there, and he will post his responses live.

Today has been declared an Action Day for elevated levels of ozone - resulting in poor air quality - for several West Michigan counties, including Ottawa County. Pollutants are expected to be in the "unhealthy for sensitive groups' range on today, according to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. The area affected also includes Muskegon, Kent, Allegan, Kalamazoo, Mason, Oceana and Van Buren counties.

The cost of playing a sport for Spring Lake High School students took a jump earlier this week. At Monday's school board meeting, a measure was approved which would require all student-athletes to pay a one-time fee of $75 to play sports for the Lakers. Previously, student-athletes paid $30 for each season they participated in a sport. Three-sport athletes would have paid $90 a year under the old system.