To help with both the city and state’s image problems, Lansing, the state of Michigan and MSU might all be joining forces to update the Michigan Library and Historical Center in downtown Lansing.
East Lansing residents looking to recycle their alkaline batteries will have to throw them in the trash starting Aug.
East Lansing Mayor Vic Loomis will undergo cardiovascular surgery today at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital. Loomis, 62, said he is in good physical condition and the surgery is occurring to alleviate future concerns. “I’m in very good shape and have done a pretty good job at taking care of myself,” he said. The surgery will cause Loomis to miss the July 28 work session and the Aug.
Plans to offer low-cost flights out of Lansing this summer never left the ground after Jet America suspended flights and began refunding tickets earlier this month. The carrier, which was supposed to begin service July 13, planned service to Lansing Capital Region International Airport with direct flights to Newark, N.J., as well as to Melbourne, Fla., near Orlando.
Developers still are working “full speed ahead” as the lease for the new Michigan State Police headquarters is being debated in the state House of Representatives. The current headquarters is located on Harrison Road near Shaw Lane.
The MSU Department of Police and Public Safety was awarded $48,622 in federal stimulus money as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Gov.
Cows and tractors will be aplenty on MSU’s campus as two free farming-related expos kick off this week with a number of educational and networking opportunities, event organizers said. The 13th annual Michigan Dairy Expo began Monday at the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education, with events geared toward education and livestock exhibition continuing throughout the week.
A 21-year-old male student reported his backpack stolen July 13 from the Chemistry Building, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
MSU police are following a flow of information regarding two leads in a series of thefts from feminine-hygiene product dispensers, MSU police Detective Steven Beard said.
An East Lansing-based development company owes about $140,000 in back taxes for a major downtown development. Delinquent property taxes forced Strathmore Development Company to go into temporary foreclosure for the properties involved in the City Center II project, said Eric Sanko, vice president of special assets at Huntington National Bank.
MSU and other universities in the state are feeling the pressure from a potential cut in state funding. MSU ranks second in state appropriations only to the University of Michigan out of the 15 public universities, according to data from the state Senate Fiscal Agency.
After Walter Cronkite, one of the most recognizable names in U.S. broadcast journalism, died Friday at the age of 92, MSU faculty and students agreed his work help set the standard for present-day journalists to follow.
It was the grace exercised while walking the line between the satirical and the offensive that made 2006’s “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” a success and main actor Sacha Baron Cohen a star.
Forty years after Neil Armstrong’s “one small step” on the moon, the Apollo 11 mission remains a giant accomplishment in American history. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the surface of the moon. MSU professors said the landing restored national pride after the turmoil of the 1960s and had implications for how the solar system formed.
In a world filled with plenty of indoor entertainment for children, workers at the Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road in Okemos, are offering elementary school children the opportunity to learn about the outdoors. The camps run from Monday through Thursday this week for a fee of $90 for all campers.
President Barack Obama stopped in Warren, Mich., last week to pitch an initiative to enhance community college training programs in order to secure an additional 5 million American degrees. This might have had a familiar ring in places such as Greenville, Mich.
ABC News recently had a special called “Earth 2100,” which was part fictional, animated documentary of the future, part interviews with climate change experts. The majority of the special focused on the real effects that could occur if humanity does not work together to save its future.
Now that the silence has ended and a temporary journalism director has been chosen, the College of Communication Arts and Sciences and its dean Pamela Whitten likely are ready to move on to the next matter of business. But Whitten shouldn’t be too hasty before she takes on another task, because there’s a lot that could have been done differently during this saga.
Kiwanis Club of East Lansing member Dave Regan knows a thing about chicken.
After a long day at work, being greeted at the door by a small furry animal might warm the heart and put a smile on your face.