July 2004 property tax bills for the city of Lansing are due on or before Aug. 31. If payments aren't received by the deadline, the resident will receive a 3 percent penalty.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has set up shop in Dearborn Heights to help occupants of Ingham County who experienced damage to their properties by the May floods. FEMA will offer low-interest loans through the U.S.
Physiology sophomore Alvin Davis Jr. got the chance to speak to one of his role models and a former president earlier this month, as well as to take home $5,000. Davis was one of 80 students awarded an Ora Lee Sanders Memorial PUSH-Excel Scholarship from the Rainbow/Push Coalition at a ceremony in Chicago, and one of 40 to get a $5,000 scholarship.
In the age of South Beach, Atkins and Slim Fast, Americans today are more conscious of the problems associated with being overweight. But most people aren't doing anything about it. A study conducted by Ipsos-Insight Public Affairs, a survey-based market research group, found while Americans might be more aware of weight issues, they are less likely to be aware of their own weight problems.
Six high school students from the Lansing area are learning what it takes to be involved with scientific research via hands on experience.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, almost 27 million people are infected with either AIDS or HIV. About 10 million of those are between 15-24 and an additional 3 million sufferers are children under 15. A new study, presented last week in Thailand and authored by a nine-member group of MSU faculty and graduate students, clarifies how the disease is affecting poor rural farmers in Africa, where between 50 to 80 percent of people live outside cities. Contrary to popular belief, the study indicates the majority of people dying in four of the five countries surveyed were not parents but primarily their adult-age children.
The Lansing Police and Fire Departments are hoping a little friendly competition will go a long way.
City officials are calling for further fire prevention funding to Michigan cities that house tax-exempt state institutions, such as public universities.
The evolution of a single organism can take thousands of years, but two MSU professors, along with some scientists from California, have used a computer simulation to watch the process in seconds. Their findings - that the right environment can create a diverse group of organisms - were published in the July 2 edition of Science, a trade magazine.
Two bills supporting a commemorative monument for the late President Ronald Reagan passed in the Michigan House on Tuesday. One of the bills would create a commission to oversee the cost, design and construction of a monument dedicated to Reagan, while the other would create a fund in the Michigan Department of Treasury to pay for the project.
Proposed legislation that would help eliminate tons of waste produced by non-recyclable cans and bottles is being welcomed by some of Michigan's population, but legislators said it's facing tough opposition by many state businesses. Sen.
Lansing - Despite Sunday's rainy weather, Lansing residents came out to celebrate America's freedom because of their Fourth of July tradition. People came to Louis F.
Representatives from Michigan's coolest cities congregated at Kellogg Center on Thursday to discuss plans to attract young professionals to the Great Lakes State. The conference was the first meeting of the communities selected for Gov.
It's hard to imagine Christmas in July. The bright, hot sun overwhelms images of jolly old Saint Nick, Christmas trees and snow.
Arson is suspected to be the cause of two trash can fires, which occurred shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday at Owen Graduate Hall, according to MSU police. There are no suspects in the fires MSU police Sgt.
The East Lansing Public Library's Summer Reading Club is for anyone who is at least 18 years old.
Charges will not be filed against more than half of the 12 men arrested during a public sex sting last month at a Holt-area rest stop, Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III said.