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MICHIGAN

Road opens earlier than expected

The Abbot/Chandler road reconstruction project was completed ahead of schedule, as both the northbound and southbound lanes opened to traffic Wednesday afternoon, according to a city of East Lansing press release.

MICHIGAN

MSU, zoo help rattlesnakes

MSU is partnering with Central Michigan University and Potter Park Zoo to do tracking research on the state-protected eastern massasauga rattlesnake and eastern fox snakes to help prevent them from becoming threatened or endangered species.

MICHIGAN

A new 'Planet'

Eight years after her father closed Small Planet in downtown East Lansing because of the city’s redevelopment plans, 24-year-old Natalie Schneider is reopening the music venue in a new location.

MICHIGAN

Summer gets jazzy

MSU professor Rodney Whitaker’s focus inside room 103 of the Music Practice Building couldn’t be disturbed during Saturday’s rehearsal for the 12th annual East Lansing Summer Solstice Jazz Festival.