Former MSU employee Larry Nassar has been charged with 22 additional counts of criminal sexual assault, first degree, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said in a press conference Wednesday. Criminal sexual conduct is a felony punishable by up to life in prison for each charge, according to a press release from Schuette.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and MSU Police Chief James Dunlap will hold a press conference to provide an update on sexual assault allegations against former MSU employee Larry Nassar. The press conference is set to begin at 2:30 p.m. and will take place at the Department of Attorney General in Lansing.
A representative for the developer of the Park District project spoke to East Lansing City Council at Tuesday’s discussion-only meeting about the current timeline for demolition and the revised plans for the project, leaving council updated but still skeptical of the unfolding plans.
Velvet A Candy Store, an ice cream, fudge and candy shop located next to Bruegger’s Bagels on Grand River Avenue, announced in a Sunday night Facebook post that their East Lansing location has closed. Velvet had been in operation since July 2015.
Each of the last three years has set a new record for hottest year in recorded history, according to studies by multiple government agencies. According to NASA, the Earth’s surface has warmed by more than 0.5 degrees Fahrenheit through the past three years, the largest three-year temperature increase in recorded history leaving parts of the MSU community tied to environmental research and scrutiny worried about the future.
A forum with the goal of educating and mobilizing voters to end partisan gerrymandering drew a capacity crowd at East Lansing High School’s cafeteria Sunday afternoon. ‘Gerrymandering’, or the practice of legislatures drawing congressional districts with the goal of disenfranchising opposing voters, has become a much-hated political practice whose detractors say essentially renders elections pointless.
One year ago, outdated water piping caused a health crisis in Flint. That crisis was emblematic of a larger national problem with water infrastructure, and geography assistant professor Elizabeth Mack said consumers are likely to bear the cost for necessary infrastructure upgrades.
At approximately 1:50 a.m. on Feb. 4, East Lansing Police Department Officer Travis Bove was driving northbound on Abbot Road near Rick's and as he drove by he observed a possible fight.
When studio art professor Ryan Claytor started studying for his master’s degree in art at San Diego State University, he was worried his preferred field of art, drawing comics, would not be considered artistic enough for graduate school professors.
At the request of East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows, an ordinance draft put forth at the (date) Planning Commission meeting would allow four bars exempt from the city’s 50/50 rule to maintain their “grandfathered” status should they relocate or renovate. The 50/50 rule is an ordinance enacted by East Lansing City Council in the 80’s that requires businesses that sell alcohol to generate at least 50 percent of their revenue from food sales.
In a nondescript building in Lansing, the MSU Police Department K-9 Unit gathers with their nine dogs and seven handlers for eight hours of training every other week. These drills range from practicing tracking to finding narcotics and drugs to practice aggression drills.
Four people were arrested Friday after the MSU Board of Trustees meeting, Captain Doug Monette of the MSU Police Department said.
After a preliminary examination, Judge Donald Allen, Jr. has decided that People of the State of Michigan v. Lawrence Gerard Nassar will move forward to trial.
A fourth warrant request has been issued by MSU Police for the sexual assault investigation involving three MSU football players and a staff member, according to the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office.
A fraudulent email claiming to be from Lou Anna K. Simon is being sent to MSU faculty and staff, according to MSU Police. MSUPD is asking people to not click links in the email or open files attached to it because it is a scam.
A native of Maryland, Beier studied economics at MSU as an undergrad, faced with a choice as a high school Junior when her parents decided to move to India. “I had to choose between going to India and going right to college, and one of the only colleges that I could get into without actually graduating was Michigan State,” Beier said. Despite this, Beier said she has an affinity for MSU, and after earning her Masters at Duke University she moved back to East Lansing in 1990, later settling here with her partner and their shared family of four children.
The MSU Police Department has submitted warrant requests to the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office for the alleged sexual assault involving three MSU football players and a staff member, according to a press release from the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office.
East Lansing has budgeted a -5.9 percent revenue growth for 2017 compared to a -2.6 percent expenditure growth, resulting in a $1,273,145 deficit that would be taken out of the general fund, according to the city’s Long-Term Financial Forecast.
The sexual assault investigation involving three MSU football players and a staff member is still ongoing.
The Lansing Polar Plunge, which helps send children and adults to the Special Olympics, was a huge success last Sunday and helped raise around $80,000 for the cause.