Today: Sunny, with a high near 71. North-northwest wind around 10 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. North wind around 7 mph, becoming east. Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. East wind at 4 to 7 mph, becoming calm.

Hundreds of thousands of alewives have been showing up along the Lake Michigan shoreline in recent weeks. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reported officials say there's been more of the fish than usual this year along parts of the northwestern Lower Peninsula. Jim Dexter is acting fisheries chief for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. He said some become stressed and die during the spawning process, and end up on beaches.

One person was injured in a two-vehicle accident early this afternoon on U.S. 31, south of Ridge Street. James Hicks, 52, of Muskegon Heights was taken to North Ottawa Community Hospital following the 12:30 p.m. accident on the northbound lanes of U.S. 31. Police said his injuries were not serious. Hicks was driving a 1997 BMW north on the highway when he either hit the wall and then a northbound pickup truck, or hit the truck and then the wall almost head-on.

Spring Lake varsity girls basketball coach Rich Hyde said his team was probably in the best place they could be when the second round of storms swept through Holland on Monday morning. The Spring Lake High School varsity and junior varsity squads were participating in a camp on the Hope College campus. The JV players had just come in to DeVos Fieldhouse when the high winds hit the area, uprooting and topping off many trees in the area. Hyde said everybody was safe at the time.

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.