The Grand Haven Area Community Foundation is among the first community foundations in the nation to receive recognition of reconfirmation of compliance with National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations.

A Crockery Township man arrested after threatening his neighbor with a gun in May was ordered to spend 90 days in jail when sentenced Tuesday in Ottawa County Circuit Court. Joshua Curtis Andrews, 25 Forsythia, Nunica, had earlier pleaded guilty to charges of felonious assault and aggravated indecent exposure. A charge of possession of firearms while under the influence of alcohol was dismissed.

A 17-year-old Grand Rapids boy received help from a surfer, after the teen became too tired to make it back to shore while swimming in Lake Michigan early Tuesday evening, said Lt. Joe Boyle of the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety. Emergency crews were called to the area of the City Beach in front of the Bil Mar Restaurant about 6 p.m. for a person in distress, Boyle said. The teenager was about 300 yards from shore. "(The boy) said he swam to the buoy and became too tired to swim back,' Boyle said.

Grand Haven High School has a new principal after its former leader was promoted this month. The Grand Haven school board on Tuesday unanimously approved the hiring of Tracy Wilson, currently the high school's assistant principal. Wilson is the first female to be hired as principal of Grand Haven High School that Superintendent Keith Konarska knows of, he said. "I think that speaks very positively of her professional development at the high school,' he said.