Grand Haven's Nate Rose and Jake Vanderlaan will again have the opportunity to play for a national championship with their travel soccer team. The U-17 Grand Rapids Crew Juniors were victorious during the U.S. Youth Soccer National League Region II Championship on June 29 in Appleton, Wis. The tournament featured teams from 14 different states. In the championship game, Rose, a forward, scored a goal in the second minute, then assisted on the second score in the 2-1 final. Solid play by Vanderlaan on defense helped secure the tight victory.

Police said a 68-year-old man and his 24-year-old grandson have apparently drowned following an accident while fishing from a boat on a private pond in Mason County. The Ludington Daily News reported police were called to the pond in Eden Township, near Ludington, on Monday night. The Mason County Sheriff's Department recovered the bodies of the man with help from the Riverton Fire Department, Michigan State Police and others. Both men are from Scottville. Their names weren't immediately released.

In an effort to get more information to downtown businesses and building owners about a proposed Principal Shopping District, another informational meeting was held Monday night at the Grand Haven Community Center. "The PSD is going to serve as the marketing promotions arm and it's also going to keep us healthy moving forward,' said Steve Loftis, a member of the Grand Haven Main Street Downtown Development Authority and a downtown business owner.

A Coopersville man was injured and one of his dogs went missing after he drove into the path of a semitrailer truck Monday afternoon, police said. Witnesses told police that Michael Mooney, 57, was driving east on Arthur Street when he ran a stop sign at the 48th Avenue intersection, said Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. John Wolffis. Mooney drove into the path of a semi pulling an empty livestock trailer, driven by 42-year-old Matthew Entrican of Caledonia. The vehicles collided and Mooney's 2007 Chevrolet pickup truck was thrown into the ditch.

The Little Red House will host a free rain garden educational workshop from 4-7 p.m. today at 311 E. Exchange St. The public is also invited to watch the construction of a rain garden at the adult day care facility beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday and continuing throughout the day. Ohio-based Complete Aquatics personnel will manage the rain garden installation. The ecological feature is designed to catch stormwater runoff from the facility's new garage, which was built with donations from the 100 Women Who Care philanthropic group.

A condolence book for Betty Ford will be available for local residents to sign at Klaassen Family Funeral Home, 1500 Robbins Road in Grand Haven. The book may be signed today through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will be turned over to the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids on July 18. A condolence book will also be available to sign at the museum. The 93-year-old former first lady died Friday at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif.