A Wyoming, Mich. man was hurt in a water skiing accident late this afternoon on Lloyd's Bayou, northeast of Leonard Road. Richard Ponstein, 51, was slalom skiing behind a personal water craft shortly after 4 p.m. when he dropped the ski in order to ski barefooted, said Sgt. Bob Ruster of the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department. The ski flipped up and hit him in the head, stunning him, Ruster said.

The Michigan State Police will be dedicating traffic patrols during the Labor Day holiday weekend, starting 6 p.m. Friday, as part of a nationwide safety initiative. Operation C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort) is designed to improve traffic safety during heavily traveled holidays.

Three people were sent to a Grand Rapids hospital after the golf cart they were riding was struck by a car Thursday afternoon. Sgt. Steve Austin of the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department said the incident occurred at 1 p.m. at the intersection of Baldwin Street and Bluebird in Georgetown Township. According to Austin, 33-year-old Stacy West of Jenison was driving the 2009 golf cart east on Baldwin Street, and attempted to turn left onto Bluebird when she was struck by a 2003 Nissan driven by Kathryn Dorsey, 28, of Grand Rapids. Dorsey was driving west on Baldwin.

A Muskegon man is facing charges including stalking and assault for breaking into a woman's home in Spring Lake Township. William Henry Nelson, 22, was arraigned by video in 58th District Court in Grand Haven on Thursday on charges of first-degree home invasion, assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct, aggravated stalking and larceny in a building.

Former NBA player and Michigan State University star Jay Vincent is asking a judge to keep him out of prison so he can repay victims of a fraud scheme. The 52-year-old Vincent was scheduled to be sentenced today in federal court in Grand Rapids. He pleaded guilty to fraud and tax charges. The government said Vincent and an associate defrauded 20,000 people out of more than $1 million by charging them to become certified home inspectors.

A Detroit-area business owner was among 13 people arrested as part of a two-year federal probe into the theft and transport of luxury rental cars and sport utility vehicles from the United States to Canada for shipment and sale in Iraq. Adnan Hana was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on conspiracy and transportation of stolen goods.

A man's attempt to impress a girl was thwarted when Mike Ver Duin spotted something fishy going on outside his business late Tuesday night. Ver Duin was outside his home and talking to a neighbor when an older-model Ford sport utility vehicle pulled up in front of his adjacent business, Ver Duins at 623 Washington Ave., about 11 p.m. Tuesday, said Lt. Joe Boyle of the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety. A man got out, opened the back of his vehicle and proceeded to lift an approximately 6-foot-tall decorated "Rocket Fish' into the back, Boyle said.