The other day I picked up a local newspaper and read that my local 6th Circuit Court judicial race in Oakland County is expected to be the most expensive one in history with candidates spending $1 million.
Another public official, another foolish scandal. Former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann resigned May 14 after serving only two years in the position. The 46-year-old Democrat made the decision after threat of impeachment because of an extramarital affair and an ongoing sexual harassment investigation in his office.
It’s “kitten season,” and the Capital Area Humane Society is looking for volunteers to provide foster homes for animals that aren’t quite ready for adoption — especially kittens.
Though many of MSU’s students have left the area for the summer, the East Lansing City Council’s discussion surrounding City Center II was under way Tuesday as residents attended the meeting to voice their concerns.
About $755 of construction equipment was stolen from a 26-year-old male with no university affiliation at Demonstration Hall last Tuesday between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The Lansing area has grown into a hub of insurance and financial activity, according to a report released last week by Capital Area Michigan Works! and Leap Inc., a Lansing-area economic development group.
For the first time in MSU hockey history, a goaltender has been selected team captain. Senior Jeff Lerg will wear the “C” for the Spartans in the 2008-09 season, MSU head coach Rick Comley announced on Tuesday.
James Pivarnik, a MSU kinesiology and epidemiology professor, was voted as president-elect of the American College of Sports Medicine.
While driving back from New York, Jeff Hank said he used his cell phone for everything from work calls, to getting directions, to letting his mother know he was safe. Cell phone usage while driving could be restricted as the Michigan House of Representatives considers a ban on cell phones as early as next week.
All branch offices of the Secretary of State will be closed on May 26 for Memorial Day, according to a press release from Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land. The Secretary of State SUPER!Centers, which normally offer Saturday hours, will be closed on May 24.
Anthony Blixt has been practicing saving lives for 11 years. Blixt, a member of the Ford Motor Co.‘s Van Dyke plant Emergency Response Team, has been training at the Emergency Response Team Challenge since 1998, when it began at MSU.
Keith Nichol pledged to play football for MSU in 2006 when he was a senior at Lowell High School. The 19-year-old quarterback took an unconventional route, but he’s finally found his way to East Lansing.
After five years of hard fighting, I think both those who are in favor of the Iraq war and those opposing it can both agree: It’s a mess. Exactly why it’s a mess and whether it’s an irredeemable mess are certainly debatable points.
Politicians lie. They make promises about what they will do if they are elected and many of them don’t deliver when they get into office.
Senior goaltender Jeff Lerg will wear the “C” for the MSU hockey team next season, head coach Rick Comley announced Tuesday.
East Lansing residents may take safety precautions more seriously after a series of unarmed home robberies occurred Sunday in a one-hour span between 11 p.m. and midnight.
After about seven years at war, some lawmakers are looking to offer military members that have served in Iraq and Afghanistan benefits comparable to the ones offered by the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the GI Bill of Rights, after World War II.
Michigan’s unemployment rate decreased from 7.1 percent in April 2007 to 6.9 percent last month — but state economic experts said it’s no cause for celebration.
A 41-year-old woman with no university affiliation had $700 in cash stolen out of her apron at the East Lansing Art Festival around 11 a.m. Saturday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Gordon Guyer remembers the campus of Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science in 1947 — it was a place flooded with people, most of whom were veterans from World War II trying to get their lives back on track after returning from the war.