It’s a time to have fun and be happy about being lesbian, bisexual, gay or transgender — at least that’s how psychology senior Michelle Nickerson describes the Michigan Pride festival, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this weekend at Riverfront Park, 300 N. Grand Ave. in Lansing.
One way East Lansing residents and students can help save money with the poor economy is to rent plots of land at a community garden and grow their own vegetables.
A public health alert has been issued by the Michigan Department of Community Health, or MDCH, regarding E. coli illnesses linked to Kroger Co. food stores.
Students living along the northern portion of Abbot Road won’t have to take a detour much longer, as the Abbot/Chandler reconstruction project is ahead of schedule.
A two-part research program studying autism in children is being conducted by MSU psychology professors and several students this summer at MSU’s Psychological Clinic.
The lower summer enrollment on campus has emptied out more than just residence halls, as graduate students trying to complete dissertations in the Department of Psychology are left without subjects for their research studies.
MSU is partnering with Central Michigan University and Potter Park Zoo to do tracking research on the state-protected eastern massasauga rattlesnake and eastern fox snakes to help prevent them from becoming threatened or endangered species.
Liquid Web Inc. formally announced plans Tuesday to create 600 computer technology jobs during four years in the Lansing area with the creation of its third Lansing data center.
The East Lansing City Council will discuss rezoning plans for City Center II, expansion to city parking and a distracted driving resolution at its work session tonight.
Critics of a ballot proposal that would make the state responsible for providing affordable health care for all Michigan residents said the proposal might put too much pressure on the state’s already tight budget, while supporters said it will level the playing field for those who can’t afford coverage.
When proposed updates to the Americans with Disabilities Act are finalized, MSU will have little to worry about.
Eight years after her father closed Small Planet in downtown East Lansing because of the city’s redevelopment plans, 24-year-old Natalie Schneider is reopening the music venue in a new location.
America remains a nation of believers, but a new survey finds most Americans don’t feel their religion is the only way to eternal life — even if their faith tradition teaches otherwise — and MSU students said they felt the same.
Algae grown from sewage could be used to produce biofuels, says a company seeking a $7 million state grant to help prove it, along with help from MSU researchers.
In a time of hardship in the Midwest, MSU and 11 other research universities from eight states will gather Thursday and Friday to discuss the economy.
For organizers, volunteers are the “connect” in the first Lansing Project Homeless Connect — and still more are needed.
A former MSU freshman who pleaded guilty to throwing an empty beer bottle during the Cedar Fest riots has been sentenced to 30 days in the Ingham County Jail by East Lansing 54-B District Court Judge Richard Ball.
As the July 7 registration deadline for the Michigan House of Representatives primary approaches, Frank Lambert is the only candidate to challenge incumbent Rep. Mark Meadows, D-East Lansing, to represent the 69th District.
MSU professor Rodney Whitaker’s focus inside room 103 of the Music Practice Building couldn’t be disturbed during Saturday’s rehearsal for the 12th annual East Lansing Summer Solstice Jazz Festival.
Joe Bell was one of the local bar owners who had to scramble last fall when there was no deal between Big Ten Network and Comcast Corp.