The East Lansing City Council will likely approve relocating the last business on the site of the City Center project at today’s regular meeting.
For 120 years Hudson’s has been a household name throughout Michigan. But Friday Hudson’s announced it will change its name.Department store officials say all 21 Hudson’s will take on the name of Marshall Field’s, a company that the Dayton Hudson Corporation purchased in 1990.
By ED RONCO The State News LANSING - U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers announced Thursday that he will introduce a bill in the U.S.
The Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s holidays were the safest on Michigan roads since 1983, the Michigan State Police reported Thursday.Police reported 27 people died in traffic accidents during those three holiday weekends last year, compared to 56 fatalities during those periods in 1999.State police Sgt.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow will serve on four committees, including the powerful Budget Committee, as she begins her first term as a senator, the Lansing Democrat said Thursday. Senate Democrats voted to appoint Stabenow to the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee and the Special Committee on Aging, besides the Budget Committee. Stabenow served two terms in the U.S.
Gov. John Engler announced Wednesday special elections to fill three available seats in the Michigan House and Senate.The seats were left empty after U.S.
The idea of putting extra change in state legislators’ pockets isn’t making much noise among their constituents.
MSU could lose an ally in bringing attention to higher education issues in the state.University of Michigan President Lee Bollinger is on a list of 30 to 40 candidates being considered to head Harvard University, the student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, reported.Harvard is searching for a chief executive to replace President Neil Rudenstine, 63, who is retiring in June.
For 30 years Gina’s Hallmark has sold gift paper, ribbons and bows at 301 E. Grand River Ave.But now, Pam Coughlin has packaged her store in boxes in an effort to make room for The City Center Project - a redevelopment city officials will use to help revitalize the downtown.Coughlin began to hear rumors three years ago that her store may be relocated, and a week and a half ago Hallmark employees began to move boxes to a new location at 539 E.
Lansing city officials were surprised and pleased with the amount of interest shown in two of the city’s open positions.The Lansing City Council reduced the candidate pool for a new Fourth Ward council member and city clerk from 16 applicants to six.
By ED RONCO The State News When manufacturing engineering senior Jennifer Cody graduates in May she will be going to work for Ford Motor Co., but she doesn’t know if she would buy its product. A settlement involving both money and public disclosure of information was reached Monday in the case of Donna Bailey, a paralyzed woman seeking $100 million from Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. and Ford Motor Co. for injuries sustained in March. It would have been the first lawsuit of its kind to go to trial since Bridgestone/Firestone tires were first recalled last August. The settlement was announced by lawyers for Bailey and the two companies. Financial terms were not disclosed but according to attorneys for Bailey, the settlement calls for an acceptance of responsibility and an apology by Ford, and requires both Ford and Firestone to publicly disclose any additional information from the tire recall investigation. Ford representatives visited Bailey in her hospital room Sunday night and delivered the apology she had sought. “(The settlement) is enough to take care of her for the rest of her life,” said Mikal C.
Amid a flurry of political activity with new members moving into Congress and the state Legislature, a few political offices have yet to be filled.
The bell ringers were still enthusiastic and the kettles were the same shade of red, but the Lansing-area Salvation Army kettles ended up a little emptier this holiday season.
Michigan Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus joined a group of Michigan lawmakers Monday in support of a new safe delivery law.The new law enables the parent of a newborn baby to surrender the child anonymously to a hospital, police or fire department.
Louis Adado and Larry Meyer will lead the Lansing City Council in the new year after they were recently chosen to serve as president and vice president of Lansing’s city council.
Prosecutors began laying out their case Friday against two men charged with the December 1999 murder of an East Lansing woman.Cornelius Alden Brown, 29, and Sam Jones III, 25, sat in 54-B District Court on Friday.
After losing his seat in the U.S. Senate, Michigan Republican Spence Abraham was appointed as President-elect George W.
MERIDIAN TWP. - Mary Martin didn’t realize she was moments away from being buried beneath a flat-roofed carport, which collapsed outside of her Meridian Township apartment Friday.
State lab workers are working under stricter regulations when studying meningococcal bacteria - the organism that causes meningitis.The move comes after Department of Community Health employee Linda Reese died Christmas Day after she was infected by a meningitis bacteria sample that she had been working on.
By ED RONCO The State News Mechanical engineering senior Jeff Bullock used to write home for 33 cents, but as of Sunday that became more expensive. The U.S.