breaching its flood walls and causing disastrous flooding in Grand Rapids.

In the western Lower Peninsula, authorities said Tuesday that people can consider contact with the Grand River in Kent and Ottawa counties.

Kent County health officer Adam London said there still are some concerns about "the potential for harmful organisms in surface water."

The health department in neighboring Ottawa County made a similar announcement for the Grand River and Deer Creek, WGHN-AM reported. A sanitary sewer overflow in Coopersville last month led Ottawa County health officials to issue a no body contact order for Deer Creek.Former assistant Craig Neal takes over at New Mexico after Alford's departure for UCLA

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Stopping at times to choke back tears during an introductory news conference Wednesday, Craig Neal stepped in to replace his childhood friend, Steve Alford, as the New Mexico men's basketball coach.

"I have to thank the guy who brought me here six years ago, Steve Alford, who has done more for this program than any coach in the history of the program," Neal said. "He's been a friend of mine since the third grade. It's very hard. We've been together for 10 years. We've worked hand in hand. It's been a partnership."

Alford ended that partnership Saturday when he accepted the job at UCLA after six years at New Mexico.

Now Neal steps in for