(CANCELED) The National Weather Service has posted a beach hazards statement in effect from noon today through this evening for Lake Michigan beaches in Ottawa, Allegan and Van Buren counties.
(UPDATE: 5:25 p.m. Tuesday) The heat advisory remains in effect until 8 this evening.
Temperatures of 95 to 100 inland are expected through early evening before slowly falling.
Richard Kloote, who has been serving as an Ottawa County District Court judge since 1982, will be retiring at the end of the year. The upcoming vacancy spurred an election for his seat, and two candidates are vying for the position.