Veterans and their families gathered at Glendale Cemetery, 2500 Mt. Hope Road, in Okemos, to be honored at the 19th annual Memorial Day Service and Vespers Program on Monday. Pre-ceremony bagpipes started the ceremony, along with the Pledge of Allegiance led by a volunteer from the local American Legion Post 269.
Dozens of protesters took to the streets of Lansing Saturday afternoon as more than a million others marched worldwide in opposition to bioengineering giant Monsanto Co.
The opposing jammers slam through the pack of eight, break free, race down the oval track, shoot along the curves, then smash and carve their paths back through the gauntlet.
Brandon Carmack, a Saline, Mich., native, who allegedly assaulted his ex-girlfriend and accused MSU hockey team members of assaulting him, appeared before Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina to accept a plea bargain on Wednesday.
Students can bathe in the rays and soak in the waves starting Saturday, May 25 when Lansing-area beaches open for the season.
Many students have decided to stay in East Lansing this summer, whether it’s to take classes or to avoid subleasing their apartment. For those sticking around for the summer, The State News has compiled a list of some of the most common summertime mishaps that can land residents in trouble with law enforcement.
DTN Management Co. and Lurvey White Ventures were recommended to the East Lansing City Council by the Park District Planning Area Review Team to potentially obtain a slot of vacant downtown land including the former City Center II project area to develop projects. A 14-2 vote at Wednesday’s meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, eliminated Urban Cultural and Arts District LLC from contention.
Pinched between two low floodplain breeding grounds, MSU is in for a nasty mosquito summer with the largest hatching of floodplain mosquitoes since 1994, entomology professor Ned Walker said. “There are an extraordinarily high number of mosquitoes,” Walker said.
It’s 9:00 a.m. The sun already is peeking through the pallid gray of last night’s rain as workers start feeding the 190 cows chewing hay and grains with lopsided jaws that swing left to right, right to left.
When time stops, Lansing resident and MSU alumnus Glenn Williams can get it up and running again.
Homeless veterans were offered a variety of services and connections at Adado Riverfront Park in downtown Lansing on Wednesday for the 10th annual Capital Area Stand Down for Homeless Veterans.
With nearly 20 injured in a recent New Orleans Mother’s Day parade shooting and the horrifying shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School far from being forgotten, it has become important for people to know what to do in the case of a mass shooting.
Joseph J. Ostrowski of Pennsylvania recently was sentenced to serve 30 years in federal prison after being charged with cyberstalking MSU students and committing numerous child pornography felonies in Pennsylvania, according to a recent press release from the Detroit FBI.
Budgets, liquor license and long-distance bus transportation were the hot button issues discussed at Tuesday’s East Lansing City Council meeting.
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson rode in style on a Harley-Davidson Sportster to a press conference raising awareness for motorcycle safety on Tuesday.
East Lansing police are continuing the search to find the man responsible for two sexual assaults and an attempted sexual assault, the most recent occurrence taking place about 8 p.m.
Serving Detroit deli-style cuisine with an East Lansing twist, Spencer’s Kitchen, 313 E. Grand River Ave., is the newest addition to the up-and-coming restaurant scene.
It’s no big secret that state funding for universities, including MSU, has taken cuts over the past 10 years. That has some advocates pushing for the recently reported $482.6 billion 2013 revenue surplus to go toward higher education.
As summer holidays approach, East Lansing residents have been reminded to take note of the fireworks ordinance put in place last fall.
The East Lansing Police Department currently is investigating two sexual assaults and one attempted sexual assault that occurred in East Lansing. All three victims were MSU students.