From the minute she arrived Sunday morning at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Ingham County delegate at large Linda Lee Tarver has confidently displayed a button pinned to her shirt bearing one clear message: “Say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud.”
Anyone who happened to stop into Meijer, 1350 W. Lake Lansing Road, on Monday night might have thought they stumbled into a party as opposed to a grocery store.
Some of the finishing touches are starting to be put on the residential portion of the St. Anne Luxury Lofts project in downtown East Lansing this week.
Many Spartans have an appreciation for beer, but not as many have actually created their own brews. Since That’s How We Brew, a home-brewing supply store, opened in early August at 3000 Vine St., in Lansing, they can.
From fidgety movements, a spike of a heart rate and a high-tech instrument, MSU Police Detective Anne Stahl can tell when someone is lying to her face. Stahl is one of very few women in Michigan to operate a polygraph, or a diagnostic instrument with components that help her diagnose whether someone is being truthful or not by reading the examinee’s physiological responses to different types of questions.
It has been more than 125 years since Frank Beck, a farmer from Ohio, came to Michigan and started a small farm. And today, his great-great-grandchildren play on that same small farm, now known as Uncle John’s Cider Mill.
The Michigan Republican Party, fresh off primary victories Tuesday, united Wednesday morning for a press conference to rev up the conservative base from now until the general election on Nov. 6.
After two years of communication with the East Lansing City Council, FarmHouse Fraternity’s application for a special-use permit to expand its fraternity house, 151 Bogue St., was approved at Wednesday’s meeting.
Seventy-five years ago, the MSU Federal Credit Union, or MSUFCU, was started by a professor, and is now known as the largest university-based credit union. The MSUFCU’s headquarters, 3777 West Road, has nine branches, four of which are in East Lansing, including in the Union and at 523 E.
Language did not create barriers in understanding the Greater Lansing community’s pain at a Monday night vigil for the victims of the Wisconsin Sikh gurdwara shooting, at the Sikh Gurdwara of Lansing, 4701 Pleasant Grove Road. Early Sunday morning members of the Sikh religion, as well as people all over the world, were shaken by a mass shooting at a Sikh gurdwara, or place of worship, in Milwaukee, Wis., which left three critically injured and seven dead, including the gunman, who was shot by police.
Not often does Mary Hennessey have to explain the concept of pasta salad to a group of people. But when seven different countries are represented in one room, even the little aspects of American culture are interesting.
Voter turnout in today’s primary elections likely will stay in line with previous years’ low turnouts, with fewer than a quarter of the voting population coming out to the polls, experts predict.
East Lansing resident Jenna Neal works on a vase during a ceramics class on Monday at the Bailey Community Center, 300 Bailey Street. “I just thought it would be something fun to learn,” Neal said.
Many East Lansing residents recognize Greg Robertson as one of downtown’s prominent street performers, but few know his history and how his life led him to his spot outside the Peanut Barrel Restaurant, where he regularly serenades shoppers.
Heading into Tuesday’s primary, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra has the upper hand on his Republican opponents, leading his closest opponent by nearly 35 percent in a recent poll. Hoekstra is ahead of opponent Clark Durant 51 percent to 17 percent, according to a July 26 poll by Public Policy Polling.
Recent advertising graduate Aaron Smith, of Lake Orion, Mich., stands with Shelby Charter Township, Mich., resident Alex Wolak near a mirror on the porch of a house on Bailey Street on Sunday. After living in this house for a year, Smith and his friends are moving out as they graduate from college.
When emergency vehicles roar down East Lansing streets with sirens blaring, they receive additional help from up above. Attached to about 15 streetlights in the city and each emergency vehicle owned by the department, the Opticom system can override programmed streetlights, changing the light to green for emergency vehicles and red for traffic running perpendicular to the intersection.
Spending for House of Representative races across the state increased by 17.4 percent from the 2010 election, amassing more than $9.6 million statewide, according to the Michigan Campaign Finance Network. Republicans campaigning for state office raised about $1.5 million more than Democrats seeking office. Candidates were required to submit financial reports to the Secretary of State last week, prior to the upcoming primary election on Tuesday, stating their contributions and expenditures up to July 22. The candidates for the 69th district seat raised more than $250,000, most of which came from a battle between Democratic candidates Sam Singh and Susan Schmidt. Singh has raised $136,522 during the cumulative election cycle, to Schmidt’s $95,356.
George Nastas, a longtime local resident, is throwing his hat in the ring to seek a seat in the House of Representatives for the 69th district.
In a court verdict handed down Wednesday, cities and townships are legally prohibited from banning the growth and use of medical marijuana. The Michigan Court of Appeals decided the state medical marijuana law pre-empts a local ordinance in Wyoming, Mich., and local ordinances do not have more authority than state law, the Detroit Free Press reported. The verdict stems from a case in which a patient using medical marijuana challenged a city zoning ordinance that prohibited the use or growth of marijuana.