So far, voter turnout at some East Lansing polls has been slow, as expected. “I guess we’d have to say the turnout has been very light, very light — we’ve had only one person, and it’s what time — 3:30?” said Bill Rittenberg, chair of precinct 13, with a polling location at MSU’s Owen Graduate Hall.
While many MSU students are gone for the summer, the campus has still been buzzing — with construction. More than 15 projects have been under construction this summer, including renovations to Mayo Hall, the Holden Hall public areas, Spartan Stadium, Wharton Center and Farm Lane.
By 7 a.m. Monday, a crowd of about a hundred people had formed outside the Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing, to hear Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama speak.
Today, voters will have the chance to decide which candidates and millage proposals will be included on the November ballot as polls open for the primary election.
A fire Sunday afternoon at Ville Montée Apartments, 301 Rampart Way, damaged six living units, East Lansing Fire Inspector Gerald Rodabaugh said. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Tania Borboni first aspired to be a doctor when her twin sister got in an accident at 11 years old. “She hated to see her suffer,” said her mother, Diana Borboni. “From then on she wanted to help people.”
After continued research by MSU’s College of Nursing on the alternative healing procedure of reflexology, new introductory classes on the holistic therapy are expected to be offered during the 2008-09 academic year at MSU.
As the national unemployment rate reached a four-year high this month, recent college graduates like Dana Hamer may find it more difficult to find a job.
Take it From the Top, a music, dance and theater workshop program at Wharton Center, is bringing the experience of Broadway and a few of its stars to third through 12th grade students.
A police cruiser caught fire shortly before 9 a.m. on Monday in front of the Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing, where Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., was set to make a speech.
Offshore drilling, cap and trade, and tax incentives for green businesses were highlights of Sen. Barack Obama’s New Energy For America plan, which he unveiled today in Lansing.
A purse was stolen out of a 2006 Jeep Liberty parked at the IM Sports-West parking lot on Red Cedar Road July 26 between 2:30-3:30 p.m., MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Housing and health care came to the forefront when the MSU Board of Trustees met last week at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island for their annual retreat.
Grab a fork and, ever so slowly, slip it in a bag or coat pocket. Walk out like nothing happened. While it may be a rush to steal that fork, knife, salt shaker or condiment container, restaurant theft can be costly for establishment owners and managers.
East Lansing voters will have the opportunity Tuesday to decide which candidates and issues will be on the November general election ballot, but local officials say most of them won’t show up at the primary polls.
Democratic party officials say presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., will unveil his national energy plan during his visit to Lansing at 11 a.m today.
Despite a low turnout, organizers say Mid-Michigan Family Theatre’s open house Saturday was productive for those involved and offered volunteers an opportunity to continue preparation for the upcoming production of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” which begins next week.
As the presidential election approaches, MSU military veterans said they would like to see a president with political and military experience as well as a logical approach to end the war.
After five years of toiling under the same system, MSU will update its e-mail system this fall, adding significantly more storage space and usability features that the old system lacked.
A 23-year-old male from Livonia was sentenced to 21 days in the Ingham County Jail on Wednesday for his participation in the Cedar Fest riot.