Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum dropped out of the presidential race Tuesday, paving the way for former Massachusetts Gov.
Students have a new option for cashing their checks and banking now that MSU Federal Credit Union relocated its Crescent Road branch to Farm Lane and Mount Hope Road.
For the approximately 150 students who came to MSU from foster care, adjusting to college life without the support of a family can be difficult, but with help from a new state program, things might get easier. The new Young Adult Voluntary Foster Care program, which changed the age young adults can stay under foster care from 18 to 21, went into effect April 2.
To mark the beginning of the Jewish holiday Passover, students and community members gathered at MSU Hillel, 360 Charles St., to eat a special Seder meal. In Jewish culture, the Seder meal traditionally kicks off Passover celebrations, which began Friday and will continue until April 14, said Audrey Bloomberg, director of Jewish student life at MSU Hillel.
As the East Lansing Public Library prepares to deal with the effects of a potential budget crunch, library officials are gearing up to raise funds and awareness for the facility. The library, 950 Abbot Road, is planning a series of events to celebrate National Library Week, culminating in its Books, Bites and Bids fundraiser Friday evening.
Accompanied by a burly German shepherd named Harper, East Lansing resident Cheryl Wade enters the Women’s Center of Greater Lansing, 1710 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing, each Tuesday with a smile.
Army Sgt. Taylor Ruel steps down from a truck contaminated with hazardous chemicals during his evaluated mission Thursday afternoon at the parking lot of The Peoples Church, 200 W.
East Lansing soon will get a taste of the tropics with the opening of a new Tropical Smoothie Café. The restaurant will open at 1201 E. Grand River Ave., on April 16, said the store’s co-owner, Ruth Buko, an MSU alumna.
Democratic lawmakers and ethics experts are questioning whether State Rep. Bob Genetski, R-Saugatuck, can legitimately play a role shaping MSU’s budget while he is facing criminal charges stemming from his drunken driving arrest on campus. While Democratic leaders have opposed some of the strings attached to university funding proposed by Genetski’s committee, which would require MSU to remove its health care mandate to retain state funding, they now are arguing Genetski has a conflict of interest in deciding MSU’s budget altogether.
The city of East Lansing and MSU announced yesterday their selection of this year’s One Book, One Community reading, the nonfiction narrative “Behind the Beautiful Forevers,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Katherine Boo.
Westboro Baptist Church announced plans to rally at the Union from 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. on April 23. The church, which caused national controversy in recent years for protesting fallen soldiers’ funerals, said on its website the rally will be focused on university curriculum, where “degrees of rebellion are passed out like candy.”
From the moment Gretchen Whitmer entered the room, Kelly Rossman-McKinney knew she had make a mistake. When the then-29-year-old arrived at the East Lansing Rotary Club event to campaign for the 70th district seat in the 2000 election, the Democratic candidate’s charisma was palpable.
Robert Spiegel called his mom to make sure she was doing OK after hearing reports of a tornado in Dexter, Mich., on March 15 — about 65 miles from MSU. “It hit our neighborhood, and the house right across the street from us was completely gone to the foundation,” the finance junior said, adding his mom was safe in the basement.
On Tuesday night, the East Lansing City Council approved a predevelopment agreement for the City Center II project near the intersection of Abbot Road and Grand River Avenue.
After spending hours at the bottom of the Red Cedar River last week, a 2007 Buick Lucerne probably suffered from its foray into campus waters, according to the East Lansing Police Department.
East Lansing resident and MSU alumna Anji Reynolds picks lettuce mix Tuesday at the Hunter Park Community Garden House, 1400 E. Kalamazoo St., in Lansing. Reynolds volunteers as part of the Lansing Urban Farm Project. “It’s refreshing to get your hands dirty,” Reynolds said.
East Lansing officials were among a handful of people who joined at the Lansing City Council Chambers on Tuesday morning announcing their support of legislation guaranteeing nondiscrimination of the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community. The Local Electeds Against Discrimination statement, or LEAD, calls for protection for LGBT against discrimination.
A major development project in the city is at a crossroads. After years of varying levels of activity, the East Lansing City Council is scheduled to discuss and vote on a predevelopment agreement for the controversial City Center II project.
Saturday night fever came a day early last weekend. Students took to the roller skating rink in Demonstration Hall on Friday evening, all infected with the same peculiar disease: funkadellic fever.
Longtime East Lansing City Attorney Dennis McGinty has stepped down from the post to take a different position with the city.