The East Lansing Planning Commission voted 8-0 to recommend city council approve a HopCat bar and heard a rezoning request from a real estate developer during its Wednesday evening meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
Doctoral degrees long have been viewed as sure tickets to a successful career, but that assumption might slowly be diverging from reality.
East Lansing was hit with moderate dose of snow last night, but looking forward, not much else is expected to hit the city, according to the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids.
Students’ tweets could reveal more about their happiness than they might realize.
Andrew Singler’s alleged attacker, 18-year-old Okemos resident Connor McCowan, was arraigned Monday at the 55th District Court in Mason for reportedly stabbing the nutritional sciences senior to death Saturday.
In between hashing out last-minute spring break details, take a look at a few key news events happening in the world around East Lansing.
An agreement between two investors will, at least for now, maintain ownership of the former site of City Center II, which previously was threatened by foreclosure and now is saddled with about $39,000 in back taxes.
Okemos resident Connor McCowan, 18, was arraigned at about 3:30 p.m. in 55th District Court in Mason for allegedly stabbing nutritional sciences senior Andrew Singler to death.
As a stiff breeze rolled in across the snow-covered Eagle Eye Golf Course, more than 100 people stood around a hole cut in the ice of one of the course’s many water hazards, patiently waiting for the show to begin.
The gymnasium quickly dissolved into chaos as the two lines of players rushed together. In a diverse game of dodgeball, MSU students, local volunteers and Lansing schoolchildren faced off at the Boys and Girls Club of Lansing, 4315 Pleasant Grove Road. The match was part of Destination Lansing, a volunteer initiative launched this weekend.
MSU students might have another option for late-night meals on the weekends. A new food cart in East Lansing is selling two American favorites combined in one.
Next week will mark the beginning of a several-month project to improve the roads on Grand River Avenue and Michigan Avenue — a project that could slow down the daily routine of both residents and students in the city.
Despite a lagging national economy, a new study found East Lansing improved financially last year. Milken Institute’s ranking of top U.S. cities, which judges metropolitan areas based on economic performance, placed the Lansing-East Lansing metro area as 120th in the nation in 2012, up 30 spots from 2011.
An MSU student was stabbed to death in Meridian Township this weekend.
A portion of the former City Center II project will be foreclosed on Monday if outstanding fees are not paid, according to the Lansing State Journal.
About four inches of snow has fallen upon East Lansing this morning, but not much else is expected for the rest of the day, according to the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids.
East Lansing is relatively safe from fires, according to experts, despite three couch fires and a dumpster fire in Cedar Village following the MSU vs. Indiana basketball game Tuesday evening.
Changes to two ordinances to allow private entities to provide their own parking were discussed during the East Lansing Planning Commission’s Wednesday work session at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
East Lansing firefighters and police responded to three couch fires and a dumpter fire between 10-11 p.m.
The East Lansing City Council unanimously approved a new sushi restaurant that might be built on West Lake Lansing Road during Tuesday’s regular meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.