Magic Microbes!

Oh wait. No, these are another kind of microbe.

GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) - Grand Isle beachgoers are advised to swim at their own risk this week because there's a lot of bacteria in waters along the public beach and in the state park.

Ken Pastorick, a spokesman for the state Department of Health and Hospitals, tells The Courier that the health department doesn't close beaches. It leaves that decision up to local governments or - in the case of Grand Isle State Park - the state park system.

Fourchon's beaches are still closed to the public because of the last year's Deepwater Horizon oil spill.