The total number of riders at the East Lansing Amtrak station, 1240 S. Harrison Road, increased about 15 percent from fiscal year 2009 to fiscal year 2010, said Lori Mullins, East Lansing’s community development analyst.
Habitat for Humanity didn’t just give Anna Malavisi a home. It gave Malavisi — who came to East Lansing from Bolivia several years ago — a family. And on Wednesday, Malavisi, a philosophy graduate student at MSU, was surrounded by both. The dedication ceremony for the home Malavisi and her three daughters will inhabit took place in the kitchen of the near-complete house.
The city of East Lansing is offering fall bulk leaf collection, which started Monday. Leaves will be picked up on the city’s east side this week as well as the weeks of Nov.
The city of East Lansing partnered with the Greater Lansing Housing Coalition and Hometown Housing Partnership to hold East Lansing’s first Homeowner Education and Resource Organization, or HERO, class. The class was held at Michigan Energy Options, 405 Grove St., to give local residents the opportunity to learn about their home’s energy systems and use, said Amy Schlusler-Owens, a community development specialist with the city of East Lansing. “It’s essential to educate homeowners not only on energy efficiency, but also on the way that they can minimize their overhead costs for home ownership,” she said. One of eight registered families and residents attended.
Mary Aikey has spent an entire lifetime fighting for causes she believed in. In one night, she was given recognition for it all. Aikey, a former executive director of Greater Lansing’s Young Women’s Christian Association, or YWCA, and an MSU alumna, was one of 10 women inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame by the Michigan Women’s Historical Center.
Football is not the only thing landing East Lansing in the top seven. The city was recognized Tuesday as one of the top seven cities in the state for creating a positive environment for entrepreneurial growth and economic development.
The Property Management Association of Mid-Michigan and the Ingham County Health Department held discussions last week to explore options for tenants and landlords regarding medical marijuana.
Many experts considered Sunday’s debate to be Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero’s last chance to gain ground on Republican gubernatorial candidate and Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder, but according to a new poll, he failed to do so. Snyder still holds a 20 percent lead over Bernero, with only 13 percent undecided, the poll by East Lansing-based Mitchell Research & Communications Inc. found. About 24 percent of respondents said they watched “most” or “all” of the debate.
Growing from a few elk in 1920 to more than 160 species today, the Potter Park Zoo has educated and entertained Lansing residents for 90 years — but at the polls on Nov.
Starting a successful business is never an easy task. For start-up businesses working to get off the ground, it can be even harder, in part because of a generally unpopular state tax called the Michigan Business Tax, or MBT.
A grant given to the Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney’s office will be used to restart a former program for domestic violence victims and offenders.
The Lansing area could see several new businesses spring up after an entrepreneurial support organization called Leap Inc. received nearly $200,000 from the Regional Entrepreneurial Collaborative grant program. Leap Inc. was one of nine state organizations to receive the grant, which was funded through Michigan’s No Worker Left Behind Program and sought to promote new business growth in the state, according to a statement from Gov.
Police are investigating an attempted abduction of a 12-year-old East Lansing girl that happened Wednesday morning.
Homecoming weekend at MSU will mean big business for stores and restaurants in East Lansing. With thousands of alumni and fans flocking to the university for Saturday’s game and festivities, local businesses benefit from the influx of visitors.
Sunday mornings in Michigan will remain dry after Gov. Jennifer Granholm vetoed a bill Tuesday. Passed by the state House and Senate Sept. 29, the bill would have allowed for liquor sales on Sunday mornings starting at 7 a.m. and part of Christmas day. Both are illegal in Michigan.
Although thousands of alumni will pour into town this weekend for MSU’s homecoming, the East Lansing Police Department, or ELPD, and MSU police are handling the weekend no differently compared to other Saturdays with home football games.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed the higher education budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year Tuesday, approving a $8.2 million funding cut for MSU. The budget would cut 2.8 percent from funding for all of Michigan’s 15 public universities, as well as the MSU Extension offices. It also would include a funding increase for some financial aid programs, including the Michigan Competitive Scholarship. Both houses agreed in late September on a budget bill negotiated in a conference committee.
Only six weeks into the fall semester, students are feeling the pressure to choose next year’s living arrangements. Dozens of MSU students camped out during the weekend to get a head start on signing leases with Community Resource Management Company, or CRMC, at 251 W.
A new building for a 911 call center, combining the current East Lansing and Lansing dispatch center, will cost more than projected, however county officials said the county still is saving money. Five years ago, the county first looked into combining the dispatch centers and hired Plante & Moran, a consultant firm, to perform a study on consolidating the centers, Ingham County Deputy Controller John Neilsen said.
The city of East Lansing will offer free pickup of yard waste and leaves prior to the start of winter. Prior to 7:30 a.m.