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Student loan bill could give grads new incentive
Graduates from Michigan universities soon may have a bigger incentive to stay in the state with the help of a newly proposed bill.
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Red Cedar Spirits tasting room re-opened for business
After six months of renovations, the tasting room in Red Cedar Spirits is now, once again, open for business.
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A fine trade
Haslett resident Gail Catron is the owner of the handmade fair trade shop Kirabo , 225 E. Grand River Ave.
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Snyder asks to increase higher education funding
LANSING — In Gov. Rick Snyder’s budget recommendation released Wednesday, state officials called for MSU to receive a 6.1 percent increase in funding for the 2015 fiscal year.
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Heating bills increasing with drastic cold temperatures
With the heat pumping into off-campus homes surrounding MSU during the frigid months, utility bills are skyrocketing, and even more so than in previous years. The high cost of this winter’s heating bills have some students grasping at straws to make their payments, DTN Area Director Emilie Wohlschied said. “I think everyone is feeling the pinch as far as the awful winter that we’ve been having,” Wohlschied said.
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Team to review BWL handling of outages
On Wednesday night, a committee of six community members featuring former East Lansing City Council members and community activists was appointed to review the handling of Lansing Board of Water and Light’s response to a December power outage.
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President Obama to sign farm bill in East Lansing
President Barack Obama plans to sign the Agriculture Act of 2014, often referred to as the farm bill, at the Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center Friday afternoon. Students hoping to catch a glimpse of Obama when he visits MSU’s campus Friday will be sorely disappointed, however, as the event is closed to the public. The farm bill legislation was passed by both chambers of Congress on Tuesday. White House officials waited until the latest farm bill had been passed by Congress to release details about the event. MSU has a number of ties to the farm bill. The Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee is MSU alumna Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. The university was founded as the nation’s first agricultural college under the name Agricultural College of the State of Michigan. Agriculture stayed in the university’s name until 1964, when Michigan Agricultural College became Michigan State University. MSU President Lou Anna K.
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I-96 shooter gets at least 6.5 years
During a trial in Livingston County last week, convicted I-96 shooter Raulie Casteel testified that he spent time in both Michigan and Kentucky practicing his shot in farm fields. But on Tuesday in Oakland County Circuit Court, it was the hours that he didn’t spend on his own shooting range that saved him years of prison time, according to Judge Denise Langford Morris. Although no one was killed in the shooting spree Casteel went on along the I-96 corridor in the fall of 2012, Langford Morris said that was nothing to be proud of. “Thank goodness you were a lousy shot,” Langford Morris said during sentencing. Casteel, a 44-year-old MSU alumnus, was sentenced to 6.5 to 10 years in prison on Tuesday on multiple assault and weapons charges, which he pleaded no contest to last October.
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East Lansing Police update description of Cedar Street shooting suspect
The East Lansing Police Department has released several new images of the suspect wanted for killing one student and injuring another on the 200 block of Cedar Street Friday evening. Newly-released surveillance images show the suspect, who shot and killed hospitality business sophomore Dominique “D.J.” Nolff and injured another student, entering and leaving the complex on Friday evening. The updated police description indicates the suspect is a black male between 6-foot-1 and 6-foot-3 inches tall between 20-25 years of age who weighs about 170 pounds. At the time of the shooting, the suspect was wearing a black North Face jacket, tan pants and black shoes.
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Surveillance images of Cedar Street shooting suspect released by police
The East Lansing Police Department has released several new images of the suspect wanted for killing one student and injuring another on the 200 block of Cedar Street Friday evening. Surveillance images show the suspect, who shot and killed hospitality business sophomore Dominique “D.J.” Nolff and injured another 20-year-old student, entering and leaving the complex on Friday evening.
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I-96 shooter Raulie Casteel faces sentencing in Pontiac Tuesday
The possible motive behind a man who randomly shot at multiple cars on the highway might not be the most complicated thing about the Raulie Casteel trial. The MSU alumnus will be sentenced Tuesday morning in Oakland County after pleading no contest to assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder along with several felony firearms charges in October. Casteel, 44, shot at cars along the I-96 corridor in October 2012.
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Snyder kicks off re-election campaign
LANSING, Mich. — On Sunday night, MSU students and voters across the state crowded around televisions to experience the sensory barrage of advertisements and football that is the Super Bowl. Midway through the game, they witnessed a wetsuit and snorkel-adorned Gov.
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HopCat scheduled to open Detroit location
One of East Lansing’s newest bars was chosen as a top attraction in the country, and will soon break ground in a new location.
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Obama plans East Lansing visit, few details available
When President Barack Obama last visited East Lansing in 2008, it was a month before he was first elected president. On Friday, he’ll return as a president with one term under his belt who is looking to secure his legacy as he enters his final three years in the Oval Office. Obama is coming to East Lansing for an event about the economy on Friday, according to multiple media outlets citing an unnamed White House official. Little else is known about the event. Both MSU and East Lansing officials said they had not received any information about the president’s visit during the weekend. White House officials told several media outlets more details on the scheduled visit would be announced early this week. East Lansing Mayor Nathan Triplett said he was excited to find out about the scheduled visit from the nation’s leader. “Obviously we’re honored and ecstatic to be hosting the president in East Lansing,” Triplett said.
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MSU student on his way to become his own captain, one taxi at a time
Within hours of posting about his new taxi company on an MSU Facebook page, mathematics sophomore Daniel Dunwoody was driving his 2002 Ford Explorer with his first customer in the back seat.
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Lansing festival offers unique atmosphere for arts, beer lover
More than 300 people celebrated the 2nd Annual Art and Craft Beerfest by experiencing a variety of arts and a variety of peculiar beers.
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MSU, city officials reflect on student death in Friday's shooting
Following the death of hospitality business sophomore Dominique Nolff, local officials have expressed their condolences for those affected by Friday night’s shooting on Cedar Street.
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Report: Obama to visit East Lansing next Friday
President Barack Obama likely will be in East Lansing to discuss the economy next Friday, according to a report from The Detroit News.
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Volunteers of America takes part in Annual Homeless Census
As Volunteers of America’s Executive Vice President Patrick Patterson rallied the volunteers who surrounded him Wednesday night, there wasn’t a single one, new or old, who seemed burdened by the task they would soon face.
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House, Senate Subcommittees focus on college readiness
In a joint meeting of the Michigan House and Senate Subcommittees on Higher Education Thursday morning, access to higher education institutions like MSU was the focus.