Just try to balance a full load of human biology course work with the time requirements of a starting position on the MSU baseball team. As imaginable, goof-off time was scarce for Charlie Braun, shortstop and second baseman for the 2003-04 Spartans. "I didn't have the luxury of free time," he said.
There's a display board resting against the old piano in the little white house on Stuart Avenue.
When President Bush stops his "Heart and Soul of America" tour in Saginaw today, it will be his 19th trip to the Great Lakes State since his bid for the presidency in 2000. The Republican has visited Michigan more than any other president in U.S.
Neighbors met in driveways and cul-de-sacs Tuesday night, chatting, being introduced to unfamiliar faces, watching children and pets play and sometimes sharing ice cream.
As a little boy growing up on the south side of Chicago, state Rep. Michael Murphy, D-Lansing, would watch one of the nation's oldest and largest black parades march down his street every year.
Democrat Bob Alexander will go head-to-head with U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers on issues such as the Iraq War, health care and jobs when the two compete in November for Michigan's 8th Congressional District. To win the right to take on Rogers, R-Brighton, Alexander beat Democrat Matt Ferguson in Tuesday's primary.
A new 10,000-square-foot playground will be available to Lansing's Henry H. North Elementary School students this fall.
The East Lansing Public Library will extend its free adult computer classes throughout the month. All sessions are from 9-10 a.m. "Basic Computer Skills" begins Monday and will teach basics such as how to use the mouse and provide a basic lexicon defining technical computer terms. "Beginner's Guide to the World Wide Web" on Thursday, Aug.
Mason - Like the methodical rotations of a Ferris wheel, the 150th Ingham County Fair began Monday morning with less of a bang and more of a slow, resounding "moo." As the first of a projected 100,000 total visitors trickled into the park to visit with cows, pigs, horses and even Bengal tigers, the persuasive voices of carnival game hosts were rivaled only by the upbeat dance music playing in the background of slick-moving, head-jerking carnival rides.
Back in October of 1999, then-sophomore marching band member Adam Busuttil skipped the MSU versus University of Michigan football game because he thought he had the flu.
In response to a petition created by the anti-same-sex marriage organization, Citizens for the Protection of Marriage, the Coalition for a Fair Michigan plans to address voters today at primary polls all over the state. Coalition volunteers said they want to educate voters on the proposed Michigan Marriage Protection Amendment's wording, which will possibly be on the November ballot, and the effects of the amendment on residents if it were passed. "The amendment goes really far beyond marriage," said Wendy Howell, campaign manager for the Coalition for a Fair Michigan.
Mason - They are the nameless carnival faces who cry at you to buy their sweet candy apples, fresh-squeezed lemonade and play their seemingly impossible skill games.
College students sitting down to eat in the cafeteria or going out to dinner at a restaurant on Grand River Avenue have several beverage choices, from soft drinks to milk. What many fail to realize is how that simple decision could make all the difference in avoiding developing osteoporosis, local and campus health officials say.
Though many politicians continue campaigning until November, the race will end for one Democratic candidate in Michigan's 8th Congressional District with today's primary. Democrats Bob Alexander and Matt Ferguson are fighting for the chance to unseat U.S.
East Lansing police received a call at 12:45 a.m. Friday reporting an attempted abduction near Albert Avenue and Milford Street, according to a police report. Earlier in the night, a man described to be in his early twenties allegedly approached a female, grabbed her and placed a cloth soaked with some type of liquid over her mouth, according to the report. East Lansing police Sgt.
Though she grew up in Thailand and earned her undergraduate degree there, MSU graduate student Nuch Benjarpornbanyat, decided to move to the United States and earn her master's degree from the Eli Broad College of Business. "It has become one of the wonderful experiences in my life," she said.
Lansing- Michael Brown said he wanted to come to Lansing because of the many tornadoes and storms that affect Michigan every year, including the nasty weather that hit Michigan in May.
An 8-year-old East Lansing boy, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead late Friday night at Lansing's Sparrow Hospital as a result of injuries sustained in an accident, which had occurred earlier in the evening, East Lansing police Sgt.
All his life, George Siegle loved cycling. In high school, Siegle rode instead of taking the bus because he said it was faster. Taking this love of cycling, Siegle, an East Lansing resident and MSU alumnus, along with Chicago native Dave Racine, decided to fuse three of their interests - Champ Car racing, Lance Armstrong and cancer charities - into one event, the Tour de Road America. "I've been following Lance Armstrong's career for a long time - I read his book.