An early morning fight on Grand River Avenue has left East Lansing police looking for suspects and waiting for more witnesses to come forward with information. The fight occurred around 2:30 a.m.
When asked what he appreciates most about his life, Agron Fejzullahu will tell you it's his freedom. Five years ago, Fejzullahu, formally of Kosovo, was forced to leave his home and then his country.
As early as this fall, off-campus students might have a central place to get their questions about living in East Lansing answered. An off-campus resource center is in the early stages of planning by the Community Relations Coalition. The coalition is submitting a grant proposal for $12,000 today to pay for an office, possibly in Bailey Community Center or at the base of the parking garage on Grove Street. "It's within the neighborhoods, so it's not a big hike and it's all centralized," said Nancy Schertzing, East Lansing resident and executive director of the coalition.
Saturday is the last day to apply to vote early for the 2004 Michigan Democratic caucus. To apply to vote online or by mail, visit applytovote.com any time before 6 p.m.
The 54-B District Court in East Lansing will be closed on Friday. The court will perform an annual Physical Case Inventory, which is required by the Michigan Supreme Court. The offices, located at 101 Linden St., will not be open for walk-in arraignments or ticket payments, but previously scheduled felony preliminary exams will still take place. Both the police desk and the city hall parking lot have drop boxes available for filings and payments.
The snow-covered streets, white-out conditions and icy roads have put some drivers in danger this week. East Lansing and MSU police have reported an increase in the number of vehicle accidents due to the hazardous driving conditions.
In his first State of the City address as Lansing's mayor, Tony Benavides described the city's economic situation as secure Monday night and highlighted a number of plans to improve Lansing's business activity.
Lyndsay Davis doesn't take off her shoes anymore. In almost every nook and cranny of the journalism junior's Cedar Village apartment, stacks of blankets are stuffed behind chairs.
The East Lansing City Council work session scheduled for tonight was canceled because of a lack of business. "There is really not enough business to discuss," City Manager Ted Staton said. But council members did not have the week off and instead met in a joint session with the school board Monday night. The city council usually meets with the school board three or four times a year, in months that have five Tuesdays. "It's just a way for the two bodies to learn about issues that we have in common," said Mayor Pro Tem Sam Singh. A canceled work session is an event that occurs five or six times each year, Singh said.
For some, religious moments are observed with silence, bowed heads and thoughtful prayers. For others, it is a community-based gathering, a chance to unite voices in praise. For the more than 100 members of the MSU Jewish community who gather for Shabbat dinner at the Hillel Jewish Student Center, 360 Charles St., it is a combination of the two. Shabbat dinner is a Friday night tradition in the Jewish faith - religious services and a gathering of friends and family for dinner afterward. "It happens all over the world on Friday night at sundown," said pre-medical sophomore Steve Rives, who attends the dinner nearly every Friday, partly for a celebration of his faith and partly to gather with friends.
The housemother of an MSU sorority was arrested last week on charges of embezzlement. East Lansing resident Nancy Olsen, 53, was charged with stealing between $15,000 and $20,000 from Kappa Alpha Theta during her time working there as a housemother.
If city officials give their approval, East Lansing's bevy of restaurants may soon expand for the addition of one more destination for customers. Owners of The Parlour on Campus, a 1950s-style ice cream parlor and restaurant, plan to open its doors at 321-323 E.
Hundreds of schoolchildren from across the state flooded the Capitol Monday to celebrate Michigan's 167th birthday. The students, along with coin collectors, watched as Gov.
Granholm address to Mich. airs live Tuesday Granholm will deliver her 2004 State of the State address Tuesday from House Chambers at the Capitol. The governor will speak to the Legislature about issues of the past year and is expected to propose a prescription drug discount card and a job creation plan. This year will mark Granholm's second State of the State address after being sworn in to office in January 2003. The speech is not open to the public but will be broadcast live at 7 p.m.
Delta Twp. - A dark war with one of Michigan's deadliest tree killers rages on as surveying crews wearing bright orange vests mark trees with orange spray paint. The Michigan Department of Agriculture is fighting the spread of the emerald ash borer beetle - a tiny, metallic-green insect that wreaks havoc on ash trees while feasting on their sapwood - by employing its Emerald Ash Borer Task Force to mark infected trees for future removal. Last week, the team branded ash trees in a half-mile wide swath of land near Saginaw Highway in Delta Township.
As Carol Brito walks around her Linden Street home, every room is a source of pride for her. Although she said the kitchen floor needs to be replaced and the walls need painting, Brito couldn't be happier with her new purchase.
The MSU Federal Credit Union is steadily seeing green. Last year, the university's credit union became one of only two in Michigan to reach $1 billion. Of 439 credit unions in the state, MSU's became only the second institution, after the DFCU Financial Federal Credit Union in Dearborn to reach $1 billion. Patrick McPharlin, president and CEO of MSUFCU, said the milestone officially passed in July, but was not surprising. "It's just a matter of mathematics," McPharlin said.
City officials are hoping a new ordinance will curb a local street problem - the number of speeders. The East Lansing City Council voted Tuesday night to approve an ordinance that would reduce the required width of local residential streets from 30 feet to 28 feet. "The city has a neighborhood traffic program that noticed a lot of residents have complained about speeding," said Tim Rayner, city traffic engineering administrator. The new ordinance will not affect already constructed streets but will apply to all public streets built in the future.
Two of the nation's largest automakers announced plans this month to recall more than 3 million cars assembled in the late 1990s, potentially affecting many drivers at MSU. On Jan.
Dimity Palazzola can't wait for the Michigan Democratic caucus - it's the first time in a presidential race she will be old enough to have a say. "I've always been following politics and looking forward to when I could vote," she said. "I wished I could have voted in the last election.