🌱 GR Medical Startup Gets $500K In Funding + Clean Catch Basins

Grand Rapids MI

14 February, 2022

7:10 PM

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Morning, people of Grand Rapids! It's me again, Erica Zenn, your host of the Grand Rapids Daily. First, today's weather: Partly sunny and not as cold. High: 32 Low: 31. Here are the top three stories today in Grand Rapids: A Grand Rapids medical startup aims to eradicate cancer within hours of a patient's diagnosis. Bold Advanced Medical Future Health has received $500,000 in funding from the New Community Transformation Fund towards its efforts of using novel radiopharmaceuticals to identify and eliminate a patient's cancer. According to officials with the Bold Advanced Medical Future Health, patients will only experience fatigue and possible vomiting from the cancer treatment. (WOODTV.com)A Grand Rapids man has been sentenced to 21 to 36 years in prison for killing another man when he was 18. Lonnie Sanders pleaded no contest to the second-degree murder charge and must pay $15,500 in addition to the time served. Victim Michael Eastwood died at the hospital after being shot in his chest on Dec. 6, 2020. (WOODTV.com)The City of Grand Rapids is encouraging residents to clean the catch basins near their homes. The catch basins fill with debris when snow and ice melt. Routine cleaning of the catch basins will ensure that street flooding does not occur and helps protect the environment, said city officials in a statement. There are currently over 17,000 catch basins in the Grand Rapids area. (Press Release Desk) Today in Grand Rapids: Diversity & Talent Webinar Series At The Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce (9:00 AM) ATHENA Leadership Forum At The Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce (11:15 AM) FLEX Hour At The Walker City Recreation Department (1:15 PM) From my notebook: The Grand Rapids Theatre announces the Black, Bold & Beautiful: Onward Together show. Click to reserve your tickets to this powerful performance. (Facebook)The Grand Rapids Art Museum shared a photograph of two lovers in 1990 at Prospect Park in honor of Valentine's Day. (Facebook)Downtown Grand Rapids Inc. shared an album of ice sculptures that were on display at the 2022 World of Winter Festival in Rosa Parks Circle. The Kraken is roughly 5,000 pounds of ice! (Facebook) Loving the Grand Rapids Daily? Here are all the ways you can get more involved: Send a friend or neighbor this link so they can subscribe Get your local business listed in front of readers That's it for today. See you all tomorrow for another update! — Erica Zenn About me: Erica Zenn is a Masters Student in Applied Psychology at the University of Southern California who originally hails from Chapel Hill, NC. With a bachelors degree from Cornell University, Erica is an expert verbal and written communicator who brings extensive experience in employee engagement and customer experience of companies. Erica is passionate about community building, and loves using her writing and communication skills to bring people together.