Leaders in the Lansing area urged the Michigan Legislature on Wednesday to pass transportation funding and reforms proposed Nov. 5 by the Transportation Funding Task Force.
Religious documents written more than 500 years ago can soon be found in an MSU digital archive. MSU’s Writing in Digital Environments, or WIDE, research center will use a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to digitize 20 pages from two of the three MSU-owned Israelites Samaritan Pentateuchs, which were written in Egypt and Syria.
Lou & Harry’s Greek Grill, 1139 E Grand River Ave., closed Tuesday, while Lou & Harry’s Five Star Deli, 245 Ann St., will remain open. Owner Harry Saites said the Ann Street restaurant can handle all the student business.
Change. It’s what President-elect Barack Obama promised during his run for the White House. But naming Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., as his secretary of state and the consideration of several people with ties to former President Bill Clinton’s administration for Cabinet positions has some political analysts wondering whether change is possible with so many old faces.
Members of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity soon could move into the house they signed a lease for months ago if the East Lansing City Council approves a rental license at its meeting tonight.
The anticipated book signing by Earvin “Magic” Johnson has been canceled.
The building that formerly housed BTB Burrito is undergoing a renovation after being sold to a new owner.
India is not too far away for many international MSU students, and they felt the effects of the terrorist attacks that shook Mumbai, India, on Wednesday.
As President George W. Bush marks the final X’s on his presidential calendar, experts said President-elect Barack Obama’s Oval Office entrance could improve the country’s international image and help the United States push its foreign policy objectives.
The first probable cause hearing was held Tuesday afternoon for the man accused of four counts of homicide, including the death of MSU student Katherine A. Brown.
Students who plan to take the bus on campus Thanksgiving Day will have to find other transportation.
A month after ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” unveiled a newly built home to the Nickless family in Holt, the episode is set to air at 8 p.m. Sunday on ABC.
Thanksgiving dinner will be quieter for Krista R. Lueth’s family this year. The 34-year-old MSU student has been missing since Nov. 11 and investigators are still approaching the investigation as a missing person case, State Police Sgt. Kevin Mark said.
A slow summer and difficult luck finding a new franchise owner forced BTB Burrito, 403 E. Grand River Ave., to close its doors Tuesday.
A Lego-based wall-climbing robot kicks its legs up high like a chicken and walks with suctioned feet across a table in the office of Dean Aslam, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. For the past 10 years, Aslam has been applying Lego-based objects to complicated engineering tactics as part of his university research and as a method of outreach.
The East Lansing City Council will see a packed agenda at its work session tonight, including discussions on the Albert Place Condominiums, the petition on using public bonds to finance the public portion of City Center II and the revision of an historic district commission. The work session is scheduled to be held at 7 p.m. in Courtroom 2 of 54-B District Court, 101 Linden St.
Rick Stilgenbauer is adjusting to the unfamiliar footsteps of police in the apartment above his own, where his friend of eight years was last seen Nov. 11. Krista R. Lueth, 34, who is pursuing her second MSU bachelor’s degree in horticulture, spoke to Stilgenbauer in his kitchen between 5:30 and 6 p.m. Nov. 11.
No verdict will be reached until early next year in the Michigan Secretary of State’s appeal to a ruling that restored 5,500 purged voter registration records to the state’s rolls, an involved attorney said.
Friday is the last day for Ingham County residents to apply to fill open positions on several county boards and committees. The county has openings on the Board of Health, Parks & Recreation Commission, Equal Opportunity Committee and Women’s Commission. It also is seeking representatives from the business community and the general community for the Community Corrections Advisory Board.
The holiday season is going to be greener than usual in East Lansing this year. The city is promoting environmentally friendly holiday decoration by accepting holiday light strands for recycling. Students and residents who participate will receive a 15 percent-off coupon toward the purchase of LED holiday lights from HolidayLEDs.com.