🌱 Weekend Road Closures + Single-Vehicle Crash + Bachelorette

Happy Thursday, Grand Rapids! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started.

First, today's weather:

Cooler; a shower in the a.m.. High: 60 Low: 41.

Here are the top stories today in Grand Rapids:

1. There are numerous road closures planned in Grand Rapids on Saturday morning for the 44th Amway River Bank Run. Some of the road closures downtown could begin as early as 2 a.m. and roads in neighborhoods on the city’s West Side will close around 7 a.m. Most of the closures will be lifted by or before 2 p.m., aside from the downtown road closures which won’t lift until after 2 p.m. (MLive.com)
2. A single-vehicle crash took out several power lines early Wednesday morning in southeast Grand Rapids. The crash, which happened just before 12:45 a.m. near the intersection of Oakhill St. SE and Kalamazoo Ave. SE, knocked out power to a neighborhood and closed the road for several hours. The Grand Rapids Police Department said one person was taken to the hospital and believe alcohol may have been a contributing factor in the crash. (WZZM13.com)
3. A nonprofit group, Beyond26, is expanding their efforts connecting those with special needs to long-term job placement. (Fox17)
4. A Bachelorette contestant from Grand Rapids, Will Urena, was given a rose on night one of the 18th season. (WZZM13.com)
5. One woman is dead after a shooting took place in the area of Paris Ave. SE and Griggs St. SE. on the city's southeast side Tuesday night. (WOODTV.com)

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Today in Grand Rapids:

• Limited Life Foundations: Lessons from CEOs - Dorothy a. Johnson Center for Philanthropy (1:30 PM)
• Tales of the Moonlit Bog - Land Conservancy of West Michigan (7:00 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.