Infant Death + Fall Festival + Planned Roadwork

Morning, neighbors! It's me again, Miranda Fraraccio, your host of the Grand Rapids Daily.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy, a shower and t-storm. High: 74 Low: 59.

Here are the top stories in Grand Rapids today:

1. The Grand Rapids Police Department and Kent County Children’s Protective Services are investigating an infant death after first responders were called to the scene of a child experiencing a medical emergency in Grand Rapids on Thursday. Officers arrived at 1:40 a.m. in the 1000 block of Hancock St. SE and found family members attempting CPR on the one-month-old when they arrived. First responders tried performing life-saving measures but were unsuccessful. (WZZM13)
2. Lawyers representing St. Louis realtor Eric Brown, home buyer Roy Thorne, and the home buyer’s son who were put in handcuffs while showing a home just outside Grand Rapids in Aug., have filed a lawsuit alleging the incident was racially motivated. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court on Friday, names the defendants as the city of Wyoming, Wyoming Department of Public Safety Chief Kim Koster, WDPS Officers Logan Wieber, Lee Atkinson, Devin Quintard, Arrow Kotarak, Zachary Johnson, and WDPS Sgt. Brian Look. Five counts in the lawsuit include unlawful detainment and excessive force, equal protection, assault and battery, false imprisonment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. (WOODTV.com)
3. Kids' Food Basket will hold their first Fall Festival on Oct. 10, as a way to celebrate the end of the harvest season. (HollandSentinel.com)
4. Commuters should prepare as southbound U.S. 131 and westbound I-196 connectors in Grand Rapids are scheduled to close next week for road work. (MLive.com)
5. Denny McNees pleaded guilty to assault with intent to murder, after attacking an 11-year-old boy with a utility knife at the Walnut Grove Apartments on Sheffield Street SW in Feb. last year. (WOODTV.com)

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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.