Several thousand dollars worth of electronics, jewelry, guns and prescription medications have been reported stolen during a series of daytime home invasions which occurred on the east side of Ottawa County over the last couple of weeks, police said. Police are looking for help in identifying any possible suspects. Lt. Mark Bennett of the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department said the home invasions were reported between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at locations in Allendale, Tallmadge, Polkton and Jamestown townships. The incidents intensified on Monday, he said.

Alcohol was a factor when a young woman ran a stop sign and hit the bedroom wall of an Ottawa County couple's home, said Sgt. Brian Buter of the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department. The accident happened around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday in the 5200 block of Eighth Avenue in Georgetown Township. The woman was driving a 2005 Chevy Equinox west on Barry Street when she failed to stop at the intersection where Barry ends at Eighth Avenue, Buter said. The woman, who is in her 20s, drove the sport utility vehicle across the lawn of a home and the SUV hit the bedroom wall.

Eric Foster and Brooks McDonald have been teammates on the soccer field and baseball diamond for as long as they can remember. It started with youth league teams through the American Youth Soccer Organization, and on baseball teams with the Tri-Cities Kids League. It progressed with Strikers travel soccer teams and eventually, high school baseball and soccer squads at Spring Lake High School.

The Wild West comes alive on Saturdays in July onboard the Coopersville & Marne Railway. "The Great Train Robbery' will take place on July 9, 16 and 23. The 200-seat vintage train leaves the station at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. each of those days for the 90-minute round-trip. Dance hall girls hand out costume jewelry and railroad dollars to all passengers. During the journey, outlaws on horseback chase the train, brave sheriff's deputies protect the passengers and there's a shoot-out in the badlands of Marne.

Spring Lake pitcher Nick Keller said it would be "a blast' to continue his baseball career first at the community college level, and then possibly at a larger school down the road. Keller has taken the first step in realizing those goals soon, as he signed a national letter of intent last weekend to pitch at Glen Oaks Community College. Glen Oaks, which is located in Centreville, enjoyed tremendous success a year ago in the Michigan Community College Athletic Association standings, clinching the league title with a 24-6 record.

The Tri-Cities will be celebrating the nation's independence on Monday with a myriad of patriotic activities in the community. The day kicks off in Ferrysburg, where the annual Fourth of July Parade is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. "We usually get a great turnout, especially down Pine Street,' Ferrysburg City Clerk Debbie Wierenga said. "It's packed with people.'

A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday when a pickup truck turned into his path in Muskegon County's Fruitport Township, police said. The accident happened around 6:30 p.m. on East Broadway Avenue, near South Quarterline Road. Fruitport Township Public Safety Director Ken Doctor said the motorcycle was westbound on Broadway when an eastbound pickup made a left turn in front of the bike. The motorcycle collided with the truck, killing the rider, who was in his 40s. Investigators said they are still piecing together what led up to the collision.

To complement the "John Adams Unbound' exhibit at Loutit District Library, the director of the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies will present "John Adams' View of Fame' - one of the exhibit's themes - at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 30, in the Grand Haven library's Program Room A.