Come and get it

While you were catching rays at the pool this summer, construction has been underway to bolster the Greater Lansing restaurant selection. Eastwood Towne Center in Lansing Charter Township, will welcome Capital Prime Steak & Seafood in early September. “If you ask someone, ‘Where would you go to get a great steak?’ I don’t think there’s really a good answer to that right now,” Capital Prime Majority Owner Joseph Goodsir said.

E.L. doesn't hesitate to offer domestic partner benefits

East Lansing didn’t wait long to reinstate domestic partner benefits to same-sex couples after a federal judge ruled the ban unconstitutional.

Lansing resident creates popular, positive stickers

Signs are everywhere in East Lansing and very few signs are pleasing to the eye. Often the signs contain routes of detours, construction chaos or simple speed limits, which occasionally trip people up. But for once, there is a yellow caution diamond sign, not to cause stress, but to generate a smile. That sign reads “This Is A Good Sign” and they are located across the nation, and even overseas.

Meridian Township experiences rise in housing permits

The Charter Township of Meridian has reported a growth trend in the number of construction requests for single family residences. Associate Planner in the Department of Community Planning and Development at the Charter Township of Meridian, Peter Menser said the area has seen growing numbers in construction since the end of last year.

159th Annual Ingham County Fair celebrates agricultural heritage

The carnival rides sat motionless as people wandered to and from the barns, studying the trotting pigs, penned animals and craft projects, ignoring the rain pattering on tin roofs overhead. “We move forward and do everything as if it were incredibly beautiful,” Sandy Dargatz, executive director of the Ingham County Fair, said.

MSU AD Hollis gave draft advice to Harris, Payne, UM's Burke

Going professional in their respective sport is a difficult choice certain college athletes face. Arguably even more difficult is who to listen to when advice is coming from all directions. MSU sophomore guard Gary Harris and senior center Adreian Payne both faced this decision at the end of the 2012-13 basketball season, and both decided to return.

Concert celebrates anniversary of St. Johns City Park venue

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of St. Johns City Park’s Performance Shell, patrons gathered for the symphonic resonance of classical music, the piquancy the flavorful pulled pork and to honor those who made the the venue a unifying stop for St.

Burkland retires from football amid injuries

On Tuesday, the MSU athletics department announced junior offensive tackle Skyler Burkland has retired from football due to injuries and will forgo his final two years of eligibility. Burkland applied for medical disqualification on July 30, according to the press release.

Social views change needed for Republicans

The Republican Party, commonly known as the GOP, is at a crossroads right now.

Finishing school not only focus during senior year

For many, senior year is a time to take electives, socialize Monday-Sunday and fulfill all of their college experience needs before May arrives. On the other hand, there are some students who still have required classes and credits to make up because they switched majors sometime during their four years or they decided to take their electives early so they could go from frat house to frat house as underclassmen

Homemade hula hoops benefit kids, adults

After realizing that the hula hoops today were nothing like the hula hoops she loved as a kid— Annie Terwilliger set out to make hula hoops that both kids and adults could love. Using pex pipe and electrical and decorative tape enables Terwilliger’s hula hoops to be weightier which she said allows hula hoopers, both advanced and novice, to hula hoop faster and easier.

Welcome to the neighborhood

Welcome to the “Capital of Cool,” where ribbons are cut with teeth instead of ceremonial scissors. On Tuesday, Old Town in Lansing welcomed five new businesses, as well as two existing business that expanded or moved.

Republicans, Democrats gear up 2014 elections

New E.L. apartment complex opens doors on Aug. 1

As the 2013-14 school year lingers on the horizon, DTN Management Co. is preparing to open one of East Lansing’s newest student housing establishments. 550 Michigan — no catchy apartment names here — is set to open its doors Aug. 1 as construction and inspections wrap up this week, Wolf River Development Company managing partner Mike Dowdle said.

Former hockey coach Ron Mason becomes U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame inductee

Legendary former MSU hockey coach and athletics director, Ron Mason, became one of five inductees into the 2013 U.S.

MSU alumna knitting for local homeless shelters

While some people take the morning to sleep in, some local Lansing residents are up bright and early knitting and packaging items to help the homeless. Lansing residents, Emily Trumbull, 76, and Tilly Montaven, 71, both came together this morning at Trumbull’s home to knit, stuff and send out packages that contain items such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, sunscreen and shampoo, that will be sent to various shelters around the Lansing and East Lansing area. Before retiring years ago, Trumbull was a teacher and counselor for Riddle Elementary School and other surrounding Lansing area schools with Montaven as her assistant.

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative could lose substantial amount of funding

The Great Lakes could be in danger, environmentalists say, after a proposal to gut restoration funding by 80 percent cleared a U.S. House subcommittee last week.

MSU hosts three day mental health symposium

MSU faculty, local law enforcement and experts from a variety of disciplines were brought together this morning for a three-day long mental health threat assessment symposium at Kellogg Center. The event, which included a variety of speakers, aimed to bring together the community and delve into what an act of violence really is, how to avoid one and what to do if one were to occur.

Suspects detained for domestic gun incident

Officers were dispatched to a residence in the 1000 block of Bensch Street after a male caller because of shots fired at him on Wednesday.