The MSU Museum is celebrating Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday with an exhibit of children’s letters at the Nelson Mandela National Museum in Mthatha, South Africa.
North and southbound traffic will be reduced to one lane on a section of Hagadorn Road today from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to a press release from the Michigan Department of Public Works.
The Michigan Political Leadership Program, or MPLP, a nationally recognized political training ground at MSU, is now accepting applications for the 2009 class of fellows.
When state Rep. Mark Meadows’ father placed the keys to his vehicle in Meadows’ hands and swore never to drive again, Meadows knew he had found a cause worth supporting.
After months of construction, the opening of Abbot Road was celebrated during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday morning.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it was again safe to eat all types of tomatoes Thursday.
Sidney Finkel knew he arrived at 13 years old at Buchenwald, one of the largest concentration camps in Nazi Germany. He knew he had survived the Holocaust as a Polish Jew. But until Finkel obtained his prisoner record from Kenneth Waltzer, an MSU professor of Jewish studies, he didn’t know he had entered the camp in December 1944 or that he had arrived with his brother and father.
MSU received two grants Wednesday totaling $150,000 as part of the Michigan Initiative for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a consortium of the 15 public universities in the state.
Within the next few weeks, Michigan’s state government workers could have quite a bit of wiggle room in their work schedule, and East Lansing officials are considering similar scheduling changes.
The university and The State News are still at a disagreement when it comes to the public’s right to information after 2 1/2 years.
City Center II became one step closer to becoming a reality when the East Lansing City Council unanimously approved the development agreement for the project at its meeting Tuesday.
After three years of renovation, the Women’s Center of Greater Lansing is larger and better equipped to provide its clients with an array of career and counseling services.
East Lansing residents and students may have to become more cost-conscious consumers, as prices for food and gasoline throughout the nation are increasing by significant amounts.
Throughout the month, local restaurant Crunchy’s is celebrating its state with a Michigan-only menu — featuring cheese from the MSU Dairy Store, along with 27 different Michigan-brewed beers.
Hotel Indigo, an upscale boutique hotel, part of InterContinental Hotels Group, one of the largest hotel groups in the world, has committed to East Lansing’s City Center II project.
About 1,500 East Lansing residents are without power this afternoon after an underground cable fault near the intersection of Albert and Charles streets, said Mark Nixon, spokesman for the Lansing Board of Water & Light.
A burglary that occurred in Spartan Village between 2 p.m. July 4 and 3 p.m. July 5 is currently under investigation, MSU police Lt. Jennifer Brown said.
A request to increase the occupancy of Lou and Harry’s Five Star Deli, 245 Ann St., was deferred by the East Lansing City Council Tuesday in order to give the city staff time to prepare a report on the restaurant’s compliance with special use permit requirements.
Jeff Armstrong sees this week’s Ag Expo at MSU as a chance to spread the word on Michigan’s nearly $64 billion agriculture industry.
Tuesday was a day of both storms and sunshine for Michigan’s economic forecast. General Motors Corp. announced plans to reduce personnel, executive salaries, health care benefits and truck production — a move that will affect thousands of workers. Volkswagen AG also announced it chose Tennessee over Michigan as the location for a new manufacturing plant.