The threat of rain couldn't cool off the red-hot scores at Monday's qualifying round for the 90th Spring Lake Invitational Tournament. Ten different players shot rounds in the 70s at Spring Lake Country Club, and three who carded 79 missed out on the championship flight, including four-time event champion Joan Garety. Jean Steinbacher and Donna Benford tied for medalist honors with rounds of 75. Steinbacher will be the No. 2 seed in the championship flight after winning the tiebreaker with a par on No. 2.

Ottawa County Parks is looking for volunteers to assist parks staff with spotted knapweed control at the Rosy Mound Natural Area in Grand Haven Township. Workdays are scheduled from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28 and Wednesday, July 6. Spotted knapweed is an aggressive, invasive plant that is displacing the native vegetation in the fragile dunes. Volunteers will pull knapweed near the parking lot.

Supporters of a proposed casino at the site of the former Great Lakes Downs horse track in West Michigan plan to continue pushing for the project after the governor decided against signing an agreement with an American Indian tribe for off-reservation gambling. Gov. Rick Snyder's office on Friday said he wasn't currently willing to sign the agreement. The Republican governor's administration plans to focus on other economic development initiatives with the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, spokeswoman Sara Wurfel said.

With women's golf taking center stage at Spring Lake Country Club this week, some of the attention should focus on the club's newest assistant golf professional, Louise Haller. Haller came to SLCC earlier this year after serving as a golf professional at a pair of public courses in Northwest Indiana the past several years. She jumped at the chance to move north and bring her talents to Spring Lake Country Club.

Village Council on Monday night unanimously agreed to collaborate on planning and zoning services with neighboring municipalities, but hiring its own planner in the future remains a strong possibility. Council voted 7-0 to use Grand Haven Township Planner Kristin Keery and Spring Lake Township Community Development Director Lukas Hill to replace former Village Community Services Director Kathy Staton, who retired last month. Staton was a full-time employee, but spent about half of her hours on planning and zoning matters, according to Village Manager Ryan Cotton.

A 24-year-old Muskegon man wanted on several felony warrants was arrested early Monday morning by police responding to a domestic assault complaint. Ja'Anthony Harris is wanted on three felony warrants for firearms violations and a misdemeanor warrant for assault, according to Muskegon Police Department Capt. Andrew Olson. Harris is also wanted for questioning about a homicide that occurred Aug. 9, 2010, on the 1600 block of Dyson Street, Olson said.