At 6 p.m. Aug. 15, The Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, in Meridian Township, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a barbecue, which is open to the public.
At 2 p.m. Sunday, Impression 5 Science Center, 200 Museum Drive, in Lansing, will welcome members of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. Members of the fraternity have been on a coast-to-coast bicycle tour this summer to raise funds and public awareness for people with disabilities.
As the summer driving season wears on, some state lawmakers are looking to ease the price at the pump for Michigan motorists. Reps.
Two new stores plan to brew business in East Lansing. Starbucks hosted its grand opening Thursday for its second Grand River Avenue location at 1141 E.
For Sheng-Yang He, being a professor and a researcher is the perfect career - he wouldn't change it, not even if he was given the chance. He, 44, came to MSU in 1995 because of the reputation of the Department of Plant Biology. "(MSU) is an attractive place for many excellent plant scientists," He said. He's latest research hits a little closer to home.
Rows of colorful, fresh produce decorated picnic tables Wednesday as children selected the best they could buy with $5 of Monopoly money. They arrived to the Meridian Township Farmer's Market, 5151 Marsh Road, in Okemos, in neon-green T-shirts at 1:30 p.m.
For many of the visitors to the East Lansing Family Aquatic Center, the Summer Splash event Wednesday was a welcome surprise. Maya Mandujano, 9, Alena Hartsuff, 8, and Nicole Jarwan, 9 - three best friends who came to the water park with their babysitter to enjoy the day - found the Summer Splash event was taking place at the center, 6400 Abbott Road. "If there's a raffle, I would like to do the raffle," Mandujano said.
When it comes to their plans after college, some students aren't so sure they'll stay in the Great Lakes State. There's Trinidad Esparzo, who plans on returning to his Texas home after he graduates in two years with his food industry degree. And then there's Kim Stemp, an interdisciplinary studies and heath studies senior, who knows one thing for certain - "I'm going to leave Michigan," she said. These MSU students are part of the state's "brain drain," a term that describes the mass exodus of Michigan college graduates to out-of-state jobs, said Gabe Basso, spokesman for Rep.
The MSU Board of Trustees will pack their bags, hop into their cars and get down to business today - it's retreat time. MSU President Lou Anna K.
Dansville — Joshua Pinkelman's life was hanging by a thread from the moment he was born eight years ago. His parents, Keith and Aimee, helplessly watched as Joshua experienced multiple seizures and went the first 20 minutes of his life without oxygen.
The monthlong One Book, One Community program will kick off with an evening with Susan Carol McCarthy, author of "Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands." The event starts at 7:30 p.m., Aug.
A trial-like hearing will take place Sept. 17 in the case of Judge Beverley Nettles-Nickerson, who was suspended from the bench June 6 by the Michigan Supreme Court. Nettles-Nickerson was suspended with pay after a formal complaint was filed by the Judicial Tenure Commission on May 16. The complaint cited 10 counts of improper conduct by the judge, including allegations of fabricating evidence and making false statements.
Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, part of Kaplan Inc., will host a free Law School Insider Seminar for prospective law school students.
State data will become more accessible with a little help from Google. Google Inc. now is working to put 200 online databases from Michigan's Web site on its search engine. The makeover, which is free of charge, should make it easier for people to look up state information, such as road closings and statewide Michigan Education Assesment Program, or MEAP, scores on the search engine. "Our mission is to make as much information available to users as possible," said Katie Watson, a Google spokeswoman. The data is only available on the state's Web site. People often search Google for information on new state programs or what roads aren't open, Watson said. When people can't find it on the search engine, it reflects badly on Google, she said. "A big incentive for us was if this information wasn't available, it was the search engine's fault," Watson said. But when people perform a search on the state's Web site, they're sometimes bogged down with massive numbers of pages, said Kurt Weiss, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Information Technology. For instance, MEAP scores are spread throughout 25,000 pages. But using Google as a search option should eliminate that problem, creating more specific, user-friendly pages, Weiss said.
Summer Schriner knew Old Town, in Lansing, was missing something. So when it came to starting another business in the area, she filled the void when she opened Grace, a women's clothing boutique, 115 W.
"Expecto Patronum!" yelled the boy with the black, horn-rimmed glasses and familiar scar. With a swoop of his wand, the dementor slowly backed away. No, it wasn't Harry Potter who cast the dementor-repelling spell.
East Lansing residents will have a chance to address East Lansing City Council members about the Avondale Square Neighborhood Development, also known as the Virginia Avenue project, at Tuesday night's work session. The session will be held at 7 p.m.
About 800 people packed into Schuler Books, 1982 W. Grand River Ave., in Okemos, on Friday night for the release of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series, counting down until midnight when the first copy would be sold. The release party for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," by J.K.
Break out the pretzels and partisanship - it's round two of the Democratic presidential candidate debates. The Democratic National Committee will hold the first of six planned, DNC-sanctioned debates between the party's presidential hopefuls live from 7-9 p.m.