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MICHIGAN

See Mudge's Follies at Yankee Doodle Days

Take a journey back in time, to an age when flower power was a way of life and "groovy" was considered trendy slang, with Grand Ledge's 27th annual Yankee Doodle Days. Get down to "Sounds of the Sixties," performed by Mudge's Follies at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday in the Grand Ledge High School auditorium, 820 Springs St.

MSU

German enriches students

High school students participating in a German Summer Camp this week are submerging themselves into the culture - right at MSU. The free camp, which meets 2-5 p.m., Monday-Friday this week in C-311 Wells Hall, is geared toward creating a better understanding of German culture.

MSU

Trustees honor 10 professors

MSU added 10 University Distinguished Professors for 2007, bumping up the total number to 104 since the designation process was authorized in 1989. The MSU Board of Trustees approved Friday the following professors recommended by MSU Provost Kim Wilcox: Wolfgang Bauer, Timothy C.

MICHIGAN

Project SAFE Street results in 214 arrests

Michigan State Police, along with the Michigan Department of Corrections, arrested 214 fugitives during a three-day sweep of the state. The sweep, which occurred June 5-7, was a part of Project SAFE Street, or Statewide Apprehension of Fugitives Effort Street Sweep.

MICHIGAN

Michigan budget problems could affect statewide fair funding

Because of statewide budget troubles, fairground officials are concerned that maintenance of facilities and exhibitor payouts will become a more difficult task in the near future. If funding doesn't come through, there could be an effect on how the fairgrounds will be run and maintained, said Tom Edman, Ingham County Fairgrounds executive director. "We are doing fine as we speak," he said.

MICHIGAN

Lansing City Market Open House

The Lansing City Market will host an Open House on Friday and Saturday. The market offers a variety of products including seasonal produce, farm fresh chicken and eggs, cheese, smoked fish and jerky, seasonal plants and flowers, and gifts. The market will open from 10 a.m.

MSU

MSU grad seeing stars

MSU graduate Rick Kunzi has something to look forward to in the Big Apple. The theater graduate wrote and co-produced the rock-musical "BRUNCH," which hits the New York City stage in September 2008. "BRUNCH" is a musical about a 20-something struggling actor in New York City.

MICHIGAN

Local pageant makes debut

Painting nails, hitting the gyms and practicing talents will top to-do lists for some MSU students this November. The Miss Capital City Michigan pageant in the DeVille Room of The Cadillac Club, 1115 S.

MICHIGAN

Celebrating independence

Lansing — The smell of the grill and the savor of sticky barbecue from the tips of your fingers might make it easy to confuse Juneteenth with a Fourth of July celebration. But the resemblance of the two holidays go beyond children tossing baseballs and the high-pitched bells of an ice cream truck.

MSU

Miss Michigan contestants return home

The suitcases of outfits and jewelry are almost unpacked, but the memories will be tucked away forever. Three MSU students returned to their hometowns Sunday after spending a week in Muskegon competing in the Miss Michigan 2007 scholarship pageant. While they won't be unpacking the winning crown, Katie Thomas, a nutritional sciences senior; Christie Charron, a political science junior; and Melissa Cousino, a psychology senior; said the week of events and competition was all worth it. "It was really great," Thomas, 20, said.

MICHIGAN

(SCENE) Metrospace features documentary

(SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., will host an evening of film and music at 4 p.m. June 30 featuring independent filmmaker Owen Lowery. Lowery, a Chicago-based filmmaker, has been working on a documentary based on the idea of a person taking a year out of typical life to fulfill all of his or her ambitions.