Village Summit, a Lansing nonprofit child care and family resource center, will host a pancake breakfast from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday at Gone Wired Cafe, 2021 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing.
Since 1973, Ray Walsh’s Curious Book Shop at 307 E. Grand River Ave. has been 18 feet wide. And although the store is about 100 feet deep with three stories of inventory, it still gets overlooked among the hustle of the downtown.
The East Lansing City Council was receptive to adding taxicab stands on Albert Avenue during peak hours at its Tuesday work session at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
The third annual (SCENE) Metrospace Folk Festival will be held Friday and Saturday at (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St. Doors open at 7 p.m. and performances will begin at 8 p.m.
Ingham County will have a more accurate representation of the number of homeless people living in the area as officials undergo a countywide homeless census today.
President Barack Obama is giving his State of the Union address today at 9 p.m. According to White House officials, the address will focus on the federal deficit and job creation.
The exit of Democratic front-runner Lt. Gov. John Cherry from Michigan’s gubernatorial race three weeks ago left the Democratic candidacy wide open, and the position still is sparking interest among party leaders.
Strathmore Development Co., the developer in charge of the City Center II project, paid the entirety of its outstanding city taxes Tuesday. With the nearly-$96,000 ledger erased with the city, Strathmore’s amended site plan will be considered by the East Lansing Planning Commission at its Feb. 24 meeting. The city had previously notified Strathmore owner Scott Chappelle that it would not consider any changes to the project until all city taxes were paid.
Michigan history, (just) not one that people think of a lot,” Perkins said about the group.
The East Lansing City Council will discuss adding more taxi stations in the downtown area during its 7 p.m. Tuesday work session at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
Almost exactly two years after Detroit Free Press reporters M.L Elrick and Jim Schaefer broke news of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s text messaging affair, they are touring Michigan to promote their book, “The Kwame Sutra: Musings on lust, life and leadership from Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.”
Gyms usually have their fill in January as thousands of Americans attempt to lose holiday pounds. With East Lansing workout hotspots bulging with a glut of new January members, MSU alumna Emily Zurek noticed the gyms themselves usually shed more clients than the members do pounds when the calendar flips to February.
A map would tell people Nigeria and East Lansing are worlds away. Bunmi Akinyemiju would tell people they share a border. Akinyemiju, CEO of Enliven Software, is bringing his automated financial services operation out of East Lansing’s Technology Innovation Center, or TIC, at 325 E. Grand River Ave., to west Africa and Australia as part of a new global operation for his company.
Jodi Potter believes many Michigan residents are missing out on opportunities because of a lack of technology, especially in Upper Peninsula counties.
East Lansing police Officer Jim Phelps knew he wanted to be a police officer since he was 5 years old. And since 1993, Phelps has hit the pavement as an officer in East Lansing, holding jobs as everything from a patrol officer to a crime scene investigator.
Making it in the restaurant business for a year marks a milestone — but it’s a bittersweet one for Brother’s Grill, 403 E. Grand River Ave., which officially closed Thursday after just more than one year of operation.
East Lansing and the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, officials are discussing discounted parking permits for graduate students to use during class hours at city parking garages, citing mutual benefits for both parties.
State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, considered the Democratic front-runner for the Michigan attorney general nomination, exited the race Wednesday.
Changes to several Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, bus routes scheduled to take effect this month will be postponed until fall 2010.
East Lansing’s 54-B District Court and the East Lansing Police Department Record Bureau will be closed Friday for inventory.