Good morning, West Des Moines.

The Grammy-winning Harlem Quartet visited Valley High School to share their love of music with local students and will work with North and East High today before performing with the Des Moines Symphony on Saturday and Sunday at the Civic Center.

Four new Japanese restaurants offer ramen, sushi and hibachi across the metro.

Osaka opened on May 5 in West Des Moines as a grab-and-go sushi spot; Kentzio Japanese Steakhouse opened on July 20, and Red Anchor and Toyo Ramen bring buffet and street food choices.

Six baby koi donated by longtime volunteers will be placed in a temporary pond at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden while staff monitor their health; in over 40 days they will join four adult koi in the main indoor pond — local residents can vote on names via the garden’s Facebook page until Sept. 30.

Rain from Sept. 14 – 20 left corn and soybean fields with only 1.7 workable days, so the harvest fell behind schedule; officials say farmers will resume full efforts when drier weather arrives.

A baby girl born Sept.

8 was placed in state care under Iowa's Safe Haven Act, which allows parents in crisis to surrender their newborns within 90 days if they cannot provide care.

Iowa’s 99 county health departments will shift about 15% of their budgets under a new regionalization plan led by HHS; Polk County aims to be the lead agency for Region 5 (applications are due Oct.

8).

Residents in West Des Moines can note that the EPA sets safe drinking water limits for nitrates (10 mg per liter) and nitrites (1 mg per liter) to help prevent blue baby syndrome following recent public inquiries.

Polk County uses $1 million in opioid settlement funds to expand addiction recovery services at Grays Woods Recovery Center in Central Iowa today.

The expansion will add detox beds, residential treatment and mental health care — a step to improve coordinated support for those in recovery.