Teen Cancer Survivor In Remission + Police Seek Robbery Suspect

Morning, Grand Rapids! Let's get you started this Saturday with everything you need to know going on around town today.

First, today's weather:

A shower; fog in the morning. High: 75 Low: 63.

Here are the top stories in Grand Rapids today:

1. A 16-year-old patient at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital is celebrating her final cancer treatment. Grace deBest bid farewell to a more than two-year journey with childhood cancer as she rang the symbolic gold bell, ending her treatment on Friday. deBest was diagnosed with T Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in 2019 after she was admitted to the hospital with swollen lymph nodes and Mono-like symptoms. (WOODTV.com)
2. Police are looking for a robber who fired a shot and stole money from two people on the city's Southeast side. The suspect ended up getting away with an undisclosed amount of cash after the shot missed one of the victims. The incident happened around 8 p.m. on Thursday at a home in the area of Union Avenue SE and Franklin St. (WZZM13.com)
3. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum will be reopening to the public on Oct. 18, with new COVID-19 restrictions in place. (Fox17)
4. Loved ones of Cody Dahlquist, a man who died after a downtown Grand Rapids assault on Sept. 5, hope to find answers. (MLive.com)
5. The John Ball Zoo will be hosting its annual Halloween event, Zoo Goes Boo, running for two weekends on Oct. 15-17 and Oct. 22-24. (Fox17)

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Today in Grand Rapids:

• Fall Fest - Blandford Nature Center (10:00 AM)
• Outside Reading Club: All About Love - Grand Rapids Public Library (12:00 PM)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.