Obie's hometown that he is a Muskegon
high school and MSU graduate and Cruz
again are out here continuing to try and
recover his body they're up against the
temperatures out here out here as well
as these waves so we'll stay out here
and bring you the latest as we get now
live in Mesquite Darrin Cunningham Fox
17 News this he's a fox 17 winter
weather alert only snowy afternoon in
Calhoun County as we take a live look
this afternoon over marshal neurologist
hi chef ski is standing by the weather
center now with the first check of the
forecast and how long the snow will be
continuing ty not a whole lot longer
we've got probably another three to four
hours in this advisory area that goes
until 7:00 p.m. for tonight we're
talking mainly about the eastern
counties in this advisory like Ionia
Perry Calhoun and branch
once we get past seven eight o'clock
even there looks like it's going to be
tapering off the radar right now showing
that we still have some snow going on
mainly south and east of Grand Rapids a
few flurries between gr and Holland also
in parts of Allegheny County but the
snow is still just heavy enough that
there's some accumulation there as we
head to the southeast of GR it looks
like the heaviest band is right in this
region here from Hastings down to
Kalamazoo
so we'll circle this this means 131 and
94 around Kalamazoo could be kind of a
slippery area as well as much of the
Hastings area as we zoom on out to a few
flurries behind this system that we
could see this evening but again the
accumulating snow should wrap up for
most of us a little bit later this
evening currently 28 in Kalamazoo 27 at
Battle Creek 29 in Grand Junction in
three rivers 29 in Grand Rapids as well
currently 29 at Sparta 33 at Spring Lake
32 degrees have Muskegon right now and
as we head northward Baldwin 30 Fremont
31 Big Rapids 29 and 27 degrees up in
pent water here's a look at South Haven
where it doesn't really appear to be
snowing that much of course some ice
there on the front of the camera but you
can see all the waves in the background
there sign of things to come with that
wind at picking up tonight and
especially for tomorrow so
lake-effect still possible for tonight
especially west of 131 but it looks like
pretty light stuff as far as major lake
effect accumulation doesn't look like a
whole lot but we'll still take a look at
that forecast for you and we'll also
tell you in the seven day planner when
we could expect highs in the 40s that's
coming up in a few minutes all right ty
we look forward to that thank you
concerns of the spread of the recent
corona virus continue to build with US
officials now saying that it's
inevitable the virus will eventually
spread to the u.s. our Michael Martin
learning just how the concerns are
already affecting people in Michigan and
the rest of the country Michael yeah
Janis Derek with no confirmed cases so
far in Michigan the local impact is
somewhat minimal at this point but the
concern over the potential for a
disastrous situation is affecting people
here in West Michigan CDC saying as of
today they have identified just 14
confirmed cases of the virus in the
United States and while we have seen no
confirmed cases here in the state the
Michigan Department of Health and Human
Services said this week that over 300
people are being monitored for the virus
all of them have been screened by the
state and found to be what they're
referring to as medium risk that means
that no one has been put into a
quarantine facility all of them just
being asked to stay inside their home as
much as possible with their local health
department's tasked with checking in on
them with a phone call every day Kent
County does have one person under their
watch at the moment though they say
they're no longer showing symptoms of
course as the cases being seen outside
China continue to increase some are now
speculating the outbreak could impact
the upcoming Tokyo Olympics
Alex Rose a discus thrower who we've
spoke to before on Fox 17 lives in Grand
Rapids and competes on Team Samoa says
canceling the Olympics would be quite an
unfortunate way to close out several
years of intense training it's a very
scary clearly no one wants to spend four
to eight years training for something
every single day and then have that
opportunity taken away so it's pretty
terrifying thinking that that's a real
possibility it does seem like a very
dangerous environment when you're
combining all those factors and people
from all over the place I
the last thought on my mind is actually
getting the virus when I'm over there I
just want the opportunity to compete now
president Trump scheduled to address the
nation in just under two hours now that
after Senate Democratic leader Chuck
Schumer asked for 8.5 billion dollars to
combat the spread of the virus for now
though live in the newsroom Michael
Martin Fox 17 News all right Michael
thank you the State Health Department
and Attorney General's Office urging you
to be on the lookout for scams involving
coronavirus potential scams include
websites selling fake fake products as
well as fabricated emails texts and
social media posts meant to steal your
money and personal information the post
might even include unproven treatment
options and made-up cases of the virus
as a reminder never click on links from
sources you don't know and ignore online
offers for vaccinations to file a
complaint you can contact the AG's
office you can find that information on
our website well the president and CEO
of one of the country's largest
marathons says he too was sexually
abused by dr. Robert Anderson at the
University of Michigan James Barra Hall
says Anderson performed an inappropriate
act on him during a medical exam at the
student health center back in 1975
Barrow Hall was a medical students and
now heads up the Honolulu Marathon
he joined several others accusing the
late doctor of that sexual abuse
Anderson was at U of M from 1966 until
he retired in 2003 and died five years
later in 2008 a man was taken to the
hospital after a house fire Muskegon
County this morning fire