After unanimous East Lansing City Council approval earlier in the week, the CVS Pharmacy located at 240 M.A.C. Ave. will stay open 24/7 and will sell alcohol until 2 a.m. now.
The ACLU of Michigan has launched a free downloadable smart phone app that allows users to record and quickly report cases of police misconduct to the ACLU of Michigan. The app is known as Mobile Justice Michigan and became available to users on iOS and Android Wednesday, June 3.
Liebler will step down at the end of June, and more information about the process of hiring her predecessor will be released next week.
A plan to construct a four-story, mixed use building at 500 Albert Avenue and 122 Division Street was approved by the East Lansing City Council at this week’s meeting.
The MSU community can seem as though it’s a world apart from the city of East Lansing, but in the summer, with most of MSU’s students gone, there’s a chance to get more involved in East Lansing’s community through volunteering.
Now that Michigan's Proposal 1 has failed, cities across the state are forced to find alternate funding to repair the poor conditions of their roads. East Lansing mayor Nathan Triplett said he, along with other East Lansing city officials, did not expect for the proposal to pass when creating the city budget for this year, so they had a plan prepared.
After several bumps in the road, the East Lansing Amtrak Station renovations will soon be completed on schedule and within budget. The renovations were announced back in 2012 after the Capital Area Multi Modal Gateway Project received a $6.28 million federal grant, but because CATA had to wait to receive the funds, construction on the area was delayed.
East Lansing Police Chief Juli Liebler, who has been with the police department since 1987, will be retiring at the end of the month.
If you live around Trowbridge Rd, you may have noticed a bold red barn has recently replaced what used to be Goodrich’s Shop-Rite. That barn happens to be Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, a new grocery store that aims to soon have 10-12 different locations around Michigan.
This Saturday will mark the City of East Lansing's annual recycling and spring clean-up event, Recycle! East Lansing.
Resulting from possible frustrations with trying to resolve a traffic ticket, 54B District Court will be offering a new online service beginning on June 1. The court signed on with Matterhorn by Court Innovations, "an online platform that allows defendants, police and judges to conveniently work toward resolving minor traffic violations," according to a court statement.
A pair of sexual assaults have been reported in East Lansing, Lt. Steve Gonzalez said Monday. The first of which was a first-degree criminal sexual misconduct, sexual penetration, occurring on May 13 at the 700 block Berkshire Lane, and the second of which was a fourth-degree criminal sexual misconduct, forced sexual contact, May 14 at 100 block on Albert Avenue.
It’s summer in East Lansing — a time to participate in local internships, catch up on classes or hold down the fort until the rest of MSU’s nearly 50,000 students return in the fall. But before you participate in some of the other common activities summer brings about -- such as swimming, barbeques and camp fires, it’s important to keep in mind the exact laws and ordinances East Lansing and MSU have in place.
From local Michigan foods to antiques and collectibles, a variety of outdoor markets exist for Lansing area residents to enjoy in the summer.
When it was all said and done, it was the sense of belonging which reeled devoted customers back in. The sense that despite hectic college life, there were friends willing to share the dark stumble home with each other after a night out. And these friends were never more than a $2 coney dog away.
Construction in North Campus began May 11, causing the closure of West Circle Drive from Auditorium Road to the Main Library entrance, with Beal Street to Hannah Administration Drive closed to the public. For the duration of the project, parking lots 6 — the MSU Museum lot — and 11 — the lot behind the Main Library shared with the Hannah Administration building and Olds Hall — will remain closed. “It’s an overall underground utility refurbishment project,” Infrastructure Planning and Facilities project representative Andy Linebaugh said.
Dozens of white tents lined the streets with a variety of colorful fabrics, jewelry and paintings underneath each.
Snoop Dogg is scheduled to play at the Auto Value Main Stage on Saturday, July 11
Taylor was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and had a history of mental breakdowns with homicidal intentions, resulting in his being hospitalized several times, a state psychiatrist revealed in court Monday.
Most of the breakdowns — allegedly including the one that lead to the murders — were the culminations of Taylor's conspiratorial delusions centered around acquaintances and loved ones attempting to poison him, humans morphing into malevolent supernatural entities.