A large audience filled City Hall’s Courtroom 2, 410 Abbot Road, Tuesday night as City Council began their work session with discussion on the future of the Park District.
Many cities across the state cope with sewer system overflows when heavy rains strike, sometimes getting so overloaded during extreme weather that raw sewage spills into local rivers and streams.
MSU professor Cris Sullivan has been chosen to grace the One Love Foundation’s national advisory counsel. Sullivan, who also is the director of MSU Research Consortium on Gender-based Violence, was chosen in view of her contribution and research in the area of violence against women.
The Christmas frenzy has hit Lansing already — the hunt for the Christmas tree that will grace the front lawn of the state Capitol building is on.
A team of MSU researchers suspected social media might help reduce fear and build confidence in the future college experiences of high school students.
The East Lansing Police Department, or ELPD, currently is searching for two suspects connected with an armed robbery which took place just after 11 p.m. June 10 on the 100 block of Orchard Street in East Lansing.
The East Lansing Police Department, or ELPD, is investigating a possible armed robbery which took place during the evening of June 10 in the 100 block of Orchard Street in East Lansing.
A cacophony of drums, synthesizers and auto-tuned voices echoed throughout corridors of the MSU Community Music School, 4930 S. Hagadorn Road, as youngsters of all ages came together for the Eric “RicStar” Winter Music Therapy Camp. As the programs enters its 11th year, Cindy Edgerton, the camp’s director, said the program has experienced exceptional growth, from 46 campers in 2003 to an all-time high of 124 participants this year.
There are a few things in the world that become better with age — wine, wisdom and now add the W.J. Beal Botanical Garden to the list.
The next step involving the future of East Lansing’s Park District Planning Area, formerly known as the City Center II project, will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday in courtroom No. 2 of City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, with discussions beginning of which developer will acquire the prized location.
The East Lansing 54B District Court, 101 Linden St., is now offering an amnesty program for anyone who has been issued a bench warrant on or before May 21 for failure to pay court fines and fees. The program will go until July 12 at 4:30 p.m.
Thousands of MSU students could feel the bite of loan interest rates doubling if Congress doesn’t reach a consensus on a long-term funding solution by July 1.
MSU students, faculty and local business owners have taken notice to Michigan’s skyrocketing gas prices, which have driven East Lansing residents to rethink their travel and transportation decisions. Recent reports have slated Michigan as one of the most expensive states when it comes to gasoline prices, averaging $4.22 per gallon in the state, according to AAA’s daily gas report. Economics professor Charles Ballard said prices are higher in Michigan than most other states because it is far away from a lot of the refining capacity in the U.S.
The old Barnes & Noble building, 333 E. Grand River Ave., has a new user, according to East Lansing Planning & Community Development Director Tim Dempsey.
Grand River Avenue construction between Michigan Avenue and Bogue Street is a week ahead of schedule, according to a press release from the Michigan Department of Transportation, or MDOT. Traffic has been shifted to the newly paved eastbound side of the road.
Supermarkets just don’t quite cut it for chemistry sophomore Hadley Orr.
Prizes, sunshine, fish and smiling kids summed up the scene at the Mason Optimist Club’s annual Fishing Derby and Youth Sporting Event in Burchfield Park on Saturday.
Volunteers, residents, canines and cats gathered behind the Ingham County Animal Control and Shelter for 30-straight hours trying to find the perfect match for animals and their potential owners Friday and Saturday at the eighth annual Adopt-A-Fest.
A recent report by the American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, examined marijuana possession arrest rates for the entire nation, with the authors, on average, finding African Americans are 3.73 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession.
Potter Park Zoo is now home to three new North American River Otter pups, with this being the first time an otter pup was born at the Potter Park Zoo.