Bikers might feel safer riding around campus if legislation promoting biker safety is passed in the state Senate. The bills, introduced May 5 by state Sen. Tom George, R-Texas Township, would require driver’s education classes to provide instruction on bicycle law and increase awareness of bicyclists on the road.
As passing cars honked their horns frantically, Haslett resident Kal Joshi stood and smiled. Joshi, along with about 30 others, stood on the corner of Abbot Road and Grand River Avenue on Thursday with their signs raised delivering one message. “Health care is a human right,” Joshi said.
Reptiles and insects were all the rage Tuesday at the final 2009 Play in the Park interactive children’s entertainment event at Valley Court Park, 201 Hillside Court. Preuss Pets, a family owned exotic pet store located in Lansing’s Old Town, was the main attraction with an assortment of reptilian creatures, including a Savannah monitor lizard and a 62-year-old South American red-footed tortoise named Fred. Jessica Howe, a community events intern with the city of East Lansing, organized July’s four Play in the Park events and said Tuesday’s Pets in the Park was unique because audience members were able to interact with animals they might usually only be able to see through the glass in a pet store. “We’re just going to talk about how (the animals) survive in the wild,” Howe said.
Although overall voter participation remained statistically unchanged between the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections, the people making up the voting population did shift, including an increase in younger voters.
Plans to offer low-cost flights out of Lansing this summer never left the ground after Jet America suspended flights and began refunding tickets earlier this month. The carrier, which was supposed to begin service July 13, planned service to Lansing Capital Region International Airport with direct flights to Newark, N.J., as well as to Melbourne, Fla., near Orlando.
New state legislation might make it easier for Michigan residents serving abroad in the military to cast absentee votes and to have them counted in time for Election Day. Operation: Make Our Troops Count is a proposal that would allow service men and women abroad to receive absentee votes electronically via e-mail and then mail them to their local county clerk.
Whenever Carl Cafagna hits a note on the sax, clarinet or another instruments he’s mastered, he is carrying on his father’s passion for jazz. “My son became what I always wanted to be,” said Al Cafagna, Carl’s father and a retired MSU philosophy professor.
For MSU alumnus Robert Dozier, writing hip-hop songs isn’t all about the rhythm or the beat — it frees his mind from oppression.
With the purpose of highlighting the importance of recycling and the concept of making art out of trash, 12 teams of varying sizes hastily sorted through a scrap yard Saturday at Friedland Industries, 405 E. Maple St., in Lansing’s Old Town, to collect up to 500 pounds of scrap metal each for the first-ever Scrapfest event.
Some lawmakers are challenging the Michigan State Police Department’s plan to move its headquarters from MSU’s campus to a new Lansing location by blocking multimillion dollar funding they say is economically irresponsible.
Nationally renowned polar explorer Will Steger told an audience of nearly 100 people about his experiences of walking on thin ice because of the effects of global warming when he spoke Sunday at Playmakers Athletic Footwear, 2299 W. Grand River Ave., in Okemos.
Melting Moments, 313 Grand River Ave., plans to celebrate 25 years of business by hosting an anniversary party from 3-6 p.m. Sunday.
Travelers thinking about heading to Canada this summer might have to put their plans on hold because of tighter restrictions at the border. New border crossing rules went into effect Monday as part of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. All U.S. citizens are now required to show an Enhanced Driver’s License, passport or passport card when entering or exiting the country.
Luther Brown Sr. knows how to bring people together. He’s made a living doing just that for about 24 years. Mr. Party, as he’s more commonly known, picked up his name from friends growing up in Lansing. As an adult, he decided to start a business to capitalize on his unusual talents.
Students will have to show a passport, Enhanced Driver’s License, or passport card when crossing the border after new travel rules go into effect today.
Nicole Beckford never thought she’d be homeless, but after a fire destroyed her home in Lansing, she found herself at Haven House, 121 Whitehills Drive, a temporary shelter for homeless families.
Overcast skies and sporadic rainfall Saturday couldn’t dampen the spirits of 7-year-old Andrew Ferdig of Eaton Rapids, who ran a mile in seven-and-a-half minutes around Lansing’s Oldsmobile Park, 505 E. Michigan Ave.
Grills, shovels, bikes and computers were some of the items piled Saturday in the parking lot of Abbott Center, 1400-1500 Abbot Road, during Project Pride, the city of East Lansing’s 14th annual neighborhood recycling and cleanup project.
Jurors adjourned for the day after deliberating for about two hours Wednesday in the murder trial of Troy Brake, who is charged with killing MSU student Katherine A. Brown and three others.
Michigan is heading into the national spotlight this summer as millions of dollars are poured into advertising campaigns and promotions to spark tourism in the state. It may not be Florida or California, but Michigan is taking strides to compete with leading tourism industries across the country and, according to officials in the state, it’s standing on its own.