Tuesday’s East Lansing City Council meeting featured hot button issues such as parking structure repairs and a presentation of financial reporting excellence.
Despite crumbling roads and grumbling advocates, lawmakers aren’t going to reach a deal on road funding before they set out for legislative summer break on June 27.
Contrary to popular belief, the International Association of Fire Chiefs, or IAFC, has publicly acknowledged why it believes combining police and fire department resources is risky.
Jackson National Life Insurance Company officially announced today it will revamp the former Barnes & Noble building, 333 E. Grand River Ave., for both full and part-time jobs and move into the location this fall.
Several tenants are in the process of negotiating with Perry Investment Group to acquire the former space of Wanderer’s Teahouse, 547 E. Grand River Ave., according to Perry Investment Group co-owner Loren Perry.
A suspect implicated in a string of unarmed robberies, which took place June 12 in downtown East Lansing, was arraigned in district court June 14, as the East Lansing Police Department continues the search for additional suspects. Charles Marice Allen, 19, of Lansing, was arrested after leading police on a chase into the capital, which ended when Allen and three additional suspects abandoned their vehicle and fled on foot.
Get ready to stretch and sweat. East Lansing’s first Bikram Yoga studio officially opened its doors on Sunday in Brookfield Plaza.
The Capitol Area BMX Track at Gier Park reverberated with the exuberant cheer of kids and adults in their biking gear on the occasion of the State Qualifier Weekend.
Every lane of Grand River Avenue between Michigan Avenue and Bogue Street opened Saturday, almost two months ahead of schedule, Michigan Department of Transportation, or MDOT, Project Engineer Greg Losch said.
For individuals arrested on a felony offense, a recently introduced bill might change the rules when it comes to providing DNA samples. Michigan legislators are considering a Senate bill that would provide for an expansion of DNA samples to include those arrested for committing or attempting a felony offense, certain prisoners, convicted offenders and juvenile offenders.
Every lane of Grand River Avenue will be open by Monday at the latest, almost two months ahead of schedule, Michigan Department of Transportation, or MDOT, Project Engineer Greg Losch said.
Local fire chiefs have enacted three cooperative agreements among surrounding fire departments in an effort to improve response times, save money and decrease many residents’ property insurance rates. The fire departments include those in East Lansing, Lansing, Meridian Township and Delhi Township.
The specialty hot dog shop and bar, What Up Dawg?, 317 M.A.C. Ave., is in talks with a downtown Lansing bar complex to open a new location, a co-owner confirmed.
The East Lansing Planning Commission unanimously approved an application for the property at 1600 E. Grand River Ave. to convert the existing extended stay hotel to an apartment complex at the commission’s meeting Wednesday night.
For East Lansing resident Irene Blanchard, music is “an expression of a happy heart.”
Flint, Mich., resident Chrystal Atkins, one of the two women charged with robbing the Admiral gas station, 1120 E. Grand River Ave., last summer was given her sentencing yesterday morning at the Veterans Memorial Courthouse, 313 W. Kalamazoo St., in Lansing. She faced charges for robbery and spraying the station clerk with Mace.
More than 300,000 uninsured Michigan residents are one step closer to receiving health coverage under a Medicaid expansion offered through the hotly contested Affordable Care Act.
A suspect connected with two unarmed robberies which took place June 12 has been apprehended by the East Lansing Police Department after leading officers on a chase into Lansing.
A large audience filled City Hall’s Courtroom 2, 410 Abbot Road, Tuesday night as City Council began their work session with discussion on the future of the Park District.
Many cities across the state cope with sewer system overflows when heavy rains strike, sometimes getting so overloaded during extreme weather that raw sewage spills into local rivers and streams.