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There are plenty of places to escape the heat across the Mid-Michigan Region.

Recently a Kalamazoo Michigan woman drover herself and two children into the Kalamazoo River killing herself and the twin daughters but not before tying to poison them first.

The Westbound lanes will be closed for the first half of the construction period. Eastbound lanes will close in August.

The ramp to enter Westbound I-496 from Trowbridge Road will close for a week and a half.

We weren't quite there yet with the beauty and splendor of the award winning Pure Michigan ads, but were we were trying.

We know it now as 'Michigan's Adventure' Amusement Park, but back in 1986, little Deer Park Funland was just starting to turn the corner into something bigger.

But, don't think you can simply buy regular bags and toss them loosely along the curb.

There was a time in this fair land when air conditioning did not run. And according to these stories posted on the Grand Rapids History Facebook page, people liked to take their clothes off to seek relief from the heat.

The skies are about to light up for the long Fourth of July holiday, and you can find all the fireworks times here.

As the holiday approaches, the last thing we to do is think about some sort of terror threat but unfortunately, this is the world we're living in.