Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 21st of August.
Good morning, Grand Rapids.
Fulton Street Market will host its annual fundraiser on Sept.
17 from 7 to 9 p.m. downtown as seven local food creators team up with farms to offer a farm-to-table tasting experience with live music by MexiCuba Duo.
Robinette's, a 125-acre farm in northern Kent County, will open a Dolly Parton-themed corn maze on Sept.
1 at 10 a.m. Visitors can enjoy photo ops and farm activities while ticket sales at $10.50 support the Imagination Library of West Michigan.
Grand Rapids will host an expungement fair tomorrow at MLK Community Center to help residents clear their criminal records; 300 preregistrants signed up, and Brandon Davis said long wait times and more volunteer help are expected.
The Kent County Health Department issued a no-swimming advisory for Wabasis Lake at Wabasis Campground in Greenville and Myers Lake Park in Rockford after Tuesday's tests showed E. coli levels above the safety standard (300 per 100 ml).
The department will retest the water on Thursday to check if it is safe for water activities.
The Michigan Lupus Foundation will host an annual awareness walk on Aug.
29 at the Blue Bridge downtown with on-site registration from 9 a.m. The 0.18-mile route costs $25 per adult and includes coffee, health screenings (and silent auction bidding) and kid-friendly activities.
A Kent County resident was diagnosed with West Nile Virus on Thursday, Aug.
13 during a routine blood screening, marking Michigan’s first human case this year. Health officials advise residents to use insect repellent — a key step to avoid mosquito bites as testing for other mosquito-borne diseases continues.
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