UPDATE: Authorities have released the name of a Grand Valley State University student who died while playing basketball at an Allendale recreation center on Tuesday. They said Shane Anthony Peoples-Welch was a junior at GVSU and studying public administration. He was from the Saginaw area. The university's website said about 200 students gathered in the GVSU Kirkhof Center on Tuesday night for a memorial service.

Through the Grand Haven Board of Light & Power's Energy Smart program, the local utility and Louis Padnos Iron & Metal have partnered to hold a recycling event for BLP customers on Saturday. It will be held at the Ottawa County parking lot on Franklin Avenue in Grand Haven, across the street from the County Courthouse, from 8 a.m. to noon. The BLP is supporting the event to help lower energy consumption while providing customers with rebate money that could be applied toward new energy-efficient appliances, BLP officials said.

With the talk of alternative energy and the possibility of installing wind turbines in water becoming more frequent, Grand Haven city officials are hoping to be ready the next time a proposal comes to life. On Monday night, City Council unanimously passed a statement that would be used if offshore wind turbines were proposed along the coast of the community. "What we would like is for our voice to be heard and to be taken seriously,' Councilman Bob Monetza said.

Spring Lake junior Brittany Beeler's speed on a straightaway on a cross country course is unmatched in the Lakes Eight Conference this fall. Unfortunately, the multiple twists and turns on the course at Rycenga Park played as an advantage to the field trying to catch the talented Laker on Tuesday in the second conference jamboree.

Spring Lake's varsity volleyball team turned in an impressive comeback in Game 2 of its match against Newaygo on Tuesday to key a three-game sweep of the Lions, 25-22, 27-25, 25-18. "In Game 2 we were down 17-12, came back to 20-18, then 24-22 and 24-24 before finally pulling out the win, 27-25,' said Spring Lake coach Sarah Bulthuis. "That showed great focus and perseverance.'

A Holland lawyer was named recipient of the Lakeshore Athena Award on Tuesday. Candace Dugan also works as the director of gift planning for Grand Valley State University. The announcement was made at the Lakeshore Athena Award Luncheon Celebration, held at the Trillium Gilmore Collection Banquet and Conference Center in Ferrysburg. The Lakeshore Athena Award program is a collaboration of the chambers of commerce in Grand Haven, Holland and Muskegon.

An ex-convict who killed seven people in July before taking his own life in a Grand Rapids shooting spree had pledged in a suicide note to take his mother-in-law "with me.' Grand Rapids police released new information about the case Tuesday, including video and audio recordings. Officials probably won't ever know with certainty why Rodrick Dantzler fatally shot a former girlfriend, his estranged wife, his 12-year-old daughter and four others related to them, including his mother-in law, Grand Rapids Police Chief Kevin Belk said.