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5 Things To Know: Friday, July 20, 2018

Happy Friday, West Michigan! Here are the top five stories people are talking about from overnight.
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Each morning, 13 ON YOUR SIDE does the work for you and gathers the top five stories from overnight.

Here’s what people are talking about this morning:

1. TRAGEDY | At least 11 people, including children, died after a boat carrying tourists on a Missouri lake capsized and sank Thursday night. Five people remain missing and seven others were hospitalized.

2. CHA-CHING! Mega Millions up to $422M, sixth-largest ever. The next drawing is today!

3. A Grassroots group in Grand Rapids and Lansing has launched a campaign to encourage Meijer to offer more healthy options in the checkout aisle.The campaign is led by NorthWest Initiative.

4. A new trend among coworkers: donate your vacation time for pregnant workers to use during maternity leave. Would you do it? Chime in now on our poll at wzzm13.com/vote!

5. WEATHER | Today will be mostly cloudy, warm and humid with showers and thunderstorms likely. Meteorologist Laura Hartman has the details!

Happy Friday, West Michigan!

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