East Lansing’s newest drug-detection dog was purchased using drug money last year. As part of the city’s Drug Forfeiture Fund, which consists of money and property seized during drug-related crimes, money is accumulated and then spent on drug prevention, equipment and education for the East Lansing Police Department.
Prosecutors plan to continue to stack evidence against Troy Brake, who is charged with killing MSU student Katherine A. Brown and three others, at his trial, which is scheduled to continue Wednesday.
Bicycles of all shapes and sizes can be seen rolling down the streets of East Lansing, and the riders of the bikes are just as diverse as the two-wheeled, pedal-powered machines that propel them. The MSU Department of Police and Public Safety reported in fall 2008 a 273 percent increase in campus bike registration since 2003, indicating more people are getting geared up to ride bikes.
MSU’s College of Music and College of Education will have a new base of operations in the Detroit area beginning this fall. The university signed a seven-year lease on a 22,000-square-foot building, located at 3408 Woodward Ave., in Detroit.
For Gordon Small, a Lansing resident and Korean War veteran, celebrating Memorial Day evokes more emotion each year, and the lack of community involvement he sees doesn’t help. “It’s too bad that the citizenry of Lansing just didn’t pour out here to honor these guys,” Small said.
An MSU committee is discussing options including lowering prescription drug costs and implementing wellness programs for faculty in an attempt to curb rising health care costs. The Health Care Strategy Advisory Committee was formed in February to find ways to make MSU’s health care system more efficient.
Students might be forced to put their cigarettes out if a proposal approved last week by a state House committee becomes law. The ban would prohibit smoking in workplaces such as restaurants and bars, with the exception of smoke shops and gaming floors in commercial casinos.
On Wednesday evening, a slow and silent procession of cyclists rode through the streets of campus. Making their way through downtown East Lansing, the riders turned on Michigan Avenue and rode into Lansing, stopping at the foot of the Capitol building as the sun slowly set. Here they parked their bikes, and for the first time since departing, they spoke.
The warm weather, flip-flops and sun of an East Lansing summer have remaining MSU students shaking off the previous months’ cold and taking to the outdoors, whether they’re enrolled in classes, working or laying out in their front yards.
East Lansing city officials plan to maintain the quality of the city’s recreational programs during the coming fiscal year, despite budget cuts in other city departments and community programs.
MSU must hand over police documents regarding a 2006 campus assault to The State News, which requested the information under the Freedom of Information Act, an Ingham County Circuit Court judge ruled Wednesday.
On Sept. 29, 2008, hours after the Zimmer family reportedly enjoyed a meal with friends in their Wright Township home near Grand Rapids, investigators arrived to find the home ablaze and the bodies of four victims, including MSU student Katherine A. Brown.
Jury selection concluded and opening statements began Tuesday at Ottawa County’s 20th Circuit Court in Grand Haven for the trial of a man charged in connection with the death of former MSU student Katherine A. Brown, a court clerk said.
Michael Tonner waited all his life to go to Joe Louis Arena. A bartender at Crunchy’s, 254 W. Grand River Ave., for the past two years, Tonner had seen fans clad in red and white file through the bar doors every playoff season. Finally, Tonner was headed to Hockeytown’s sanctuary for the first game of the Western Conference Finals against the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.
To reduce costs but maintain its force, the East Lansing Police Department will be decreasing overtime, training and equipment spending, East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert said. “What causes us to have a good service is that we have good people,” he said. “And we want to keep them.”
The East Lansing City Council approved its 2009-10 $95 million budget Tuesday, making reductions that city officials said would minimally affect residents. Areas hit include the sidewalk repair program and the public safety departments.
For many baby boomer college faculty across the country, job satisfaction is a problem. According to a study conducted at the University of Washington that was released last month, baby boomers in the middle of their lives are less satisfied with their jobs than their older and younger colleagues. However, that might not be the case at MSU.
Some students might have easier access to health care because of a new health reform bill proposed by state Sen. Tom George, R-Kalamazoo, last week. “If you’re going to go to school, it’s hard to work many hours a week and keep up with your classes,” said Sherry Sofia, chief of staff for George. “It could be those people who have a part-time job and no benefits provided by their employer who are helped.”
Extra inches around the waist might promote cancer growth, according to a study published last month by MSU researchers. Jenifer Fenton, a food science and human nutrition researcher at the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, studied the link between a hormone found in fat cells and colon cancer.
Alma Gutierrez is making her version of the American dream work. At least for now. Gutierrez is the owner of El Oasis, two locations that serve Mexican food for customers at 1125 E.