Police said a 45-year-old southern Michigan man kidnapped and raped a Montana woman after promising to give her a bus ticket home. Kelvin Hawkins was arraigned Thursday on charges including kidnapping and first-degree criminal sexual conduct. The Battle Creek man was ordered held on $500,000 bond and faces life in prison if convicted. Hawkins has requested a court-appointed attorney. Police said he met the 48-year-old woman Tuesday in the Detroit area and promised to drive her to Battle Creek, where he would give her a bus ticket to Billings, Mont.

The Tri-Cities Historical Museum is offering an evening walking tour of the village at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10. The 12-block walk, which takes about 75 minutes, will begin and end at the Spring Lake Village Hall, 102 W. Savidge St. Participants will learn about early schools, pioneers who built the village and other interesting bits of history. Advance registration is not necessary. For more information about this free program, call 842-0700.

Louanna Welty of Grand Haven will be reading the Native American story "Nanabosho Steals Fire' as part of the Tri-Cities Historical Museum's "Our Woodland Ways' program at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10. The program takes place at the museum's Akeley location, 200 Washington Ave. in downtown Grand Haven. This free program does not require advanced registration. For more information, call 842-0700.

Tom Treutler's vision of introducing the sport of baseball to the city of Hanoi, Vietnam, has made remarkable strides in just a short three-year time span. Treutler, a Grand Haven native and 1986 graduate of Grand Haven High School, is the executive director of Vietnam Pony Baseball. He's also the head coach of the Hanoi Capitals, a squad he's coached in both Pony and Little League competition.

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming west at 5 to 8 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. North-northwest wind around 7 mph. Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Light and variable wind.

U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, compares the nation's debt and spending agreement to a baseball game. And he isn't about to say that Congress and President Barack Obama hit one out of the park. "It was a single. We got someone on base,' Huizenga said of the deal that prevented the federal government from defaulting. "It (budget deal) doesn't go far enough.'