Kasey Moyes, you're right. Your letter is unsuitable for readers ("War necessary, can rarely be avoided" SN 6/9). To say in most cases that "going to war and putting soldiers in harm's way is not the last resort - it's the only resort" is absurd and dangerous.
One person was injured and two people were arrested following an armed robbery at Chandler Crossings Apartments on Tuesday afternoon, police said. The victim was taken to Lansing's Sparrow Hospital after suffering injuries.
The Ingham County Sheriff's Department is still working to identify two bags of human remains discovered in the Red Cedar River earlier this week.
The owners of Sandhill Crane Vineyards in Jackson gathered in their tasting room, swirling and smelling a dry red wine Sonata made from their own winery. "This is a retirement for my husband, his sister and I," said Alice Moffatt, co-owner of Sandhill Crane Vineyards.
Complete with food, music and wine tasting, the sixth annual Festival of the Sun will be taking place on Saturday in Lansing. The festival is a fundraiser to help improve the area of Lansing known as Old Town, Marketing Coordinator Lesly Burgamy said. "This is an opportunity to celebrate the start of the summer," Burgamy said.
On Monday, waves of incoming freshman holding overnight bags and itineraries gathered at Case Hall for MSU's Academic Orientation Program - a two-day crash course helping them transition into college life. Mary Beth Heeder, director of the MSU Orientation Office, said it's impossible to fully orient a student to college in a day and a half. "It's a process that will go on in the first year," Heeder said.
Video footage collected from students and police will be the focus of the next meeting of the independent commission reviewing the April 2-3 disturbances. The commission will meet at 10 a.m.
Last time we checked, we don't have police badges - nor do our paychecks distribute through the East Lansing Police Department.
Missy Higgins, "The Sound of White" (Reprise Records) Even though Missy Higgins is not well-known, she's on her way with her newest release. "The Sound of White" is a delightful change from the sounds of the all-too-popular rap and hip-hop artists.
An MSU alumnus and owner of In Flight Sports store died June 1. Family members originally said they wanted to keep the store owner's death private, but a story published in a Lansing-based newspaper - City Pulse - broke the family's silence. Kenneth "Scott" Pridgeon committed suicide after he felt he could no longer face jail time for a drug conviction, Scott's father Marvin Pridgeon said. "I didn't know anything.
With a little help from geophysicists, archaeologists excavating the site of Saint's Rest, MSU's first dormitory, hope to reveal the location of the residents' most private refuge - the outhouse. Tom Mann, a geophysical specialist from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, or MDEQ, paced the area surrounding the dig site Wednesday morning carrying a GPS unit and an instrument resembling a long PVC pipe.
College might be more affordable for future high school graduates if a proposal to change the Michigan Merit Award program, penned by a class of college students, gets the governor's approval. Six Central Michigan University students went before the state Senate on Wednesday to present a new plan for the award that would increase the scholarship from $2,500 to $5,000. As part of the Michigan Merit Award program, the state provides two annual payments of $1,250 to students who meet or exceed Michigan standards on all four Michigan Educational Assessment Program tests and perform 40 hours of community service.
Tim Day wasn't going to wait around and stare at a computer screen all day, to see if he would be drafted. "Me and my family were sitting around the computer, and I had stepped out of the room and gone upstairs to my room," the redshirt junior MSU pitcher said.
Good fun, drinks and a viewing of the bizarre cult film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." It's not exactly a normal bar routine, but it can be with The Temple Club's "Brew and View" night. Last Tuesday, The Temple Club, 500 E.
As tourists and residents venture out to swim in one of the many Lansing-area lakes this summer, they won't have to worry about contaminants that might be swimming with them. In an effort to keep beachgoers informed of the water quality in area lakes and watersheds, samples of water from various locations are collected each week by the Ingham County Health Department to be tested for harmful contaminants. "It makes sense for it to be clean; it is a matter of health," said Meghan Burns, sanitarian for the department and an MSU alumna.
Some of the 299 tear-gas containers used by police during the April 2-3 disturbances were expired at the time they were dispersed. Although the chemicals were used after their expiration dates, no law enforcement officials could explain why they were deployed or if the aged gas has lasting side effects. Because the seven participating police agencies brought munitions from their own armories, there is no way of telling how many canisters used were past their shelf life, East Lansing police Lt.
Recently, many of us in "Generation X" have had a brief and interesting history lesson into a subject that we have heard lots about, but know very little of.
The Ingham County Sheriff's Office is investigating a homicide after two bags containing human remains were found in the Red Cedar River Monday afternoon. Officials from the Ingham County Health Department discovered one of the bags during a routine water test, Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth said.
We've said it a hundred times, but we'll say it again - there would be no East Lansing without MSU.