Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land announced Wednesday 1.36 million, or 19 percent of Michigan’s 7.2 million registered voters, participated in Tuesday’s primary election, according to a press release.
East Lansing is at a 28-year low for serious crimes, according to recent reports conducted by the East Lansing Police Department.
After decades of voter apathy among young voters, the 2008 election is predicted to have a surge of youth participation unlike any election in recent history.
Increasing gas prices may contribute to rising demand for public transportation, but for some business owners in the transportation sector, the higher cost of gas means greater losses.
A property zoning issue at the house that the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity is leasing has left its members homeless and holding the lease to an uninhabitable building.
The last remaining unsolved murder at MSU has been solved. Marie Ann Jackson, whose body was found in an isolated wooded area of MSU property near College Road on Nov. 21, 1970, had been lying in the woods for up to four days before her body was found. She had been strangled.
Voters in Tuesday’s primary elections opted to renew Ingham County’s 911 millage and nominate Patrick Lindemann as the Democratic party’s candidate for Ingham County Drain Commissioner.
The East Lansing City Council will take the next step in determining how City Center II will be financed at its meeting tonight. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Courtroom 2, 54-B District Court, 101 Linden St.
Energy was among the topics Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., discussed during his visit to Michigan Tuesday afternoon during which he toured a nuclear power plant in Monroe County.
Only about 15.4 percent of registered voters in Ingham County came out to vote in the Michigan Primary Tuesday.
A food drive will be held on Saturday to benefit the Greater Lansing Food Bank, and nonperishable food items or monetary donations will be accepted.
Everything from carnival rides to car seat inspections were found Tuesday evening at East Lansing’s Patriarche Park, 1100 Alton Road. Local residents joined together for a family-friendly safety carnival in celebration of the 25th annual National Night Out.
East Lansing is at a 28-year low in part I crime rates, according to a statistical report released by the East Lansing Police Department Tuesday.
David Foran wants high school teachers to get excited about forensic science.
So far, voter turnout at some East Lansing polls has been slow, as expected. “I guess we’d have to say the turnout has been very light, very light — we’ve had only one person, and it’s what time — 3:30?” said Bill Rittenberg, chair of precinct 13, with a polling location at MSU’s Owen Graduate Hall.
While many MSU students are gone for the summer, the campus has still been buzzing — with construction. More than 15 projects have been under construction this summer, including renovations to Mayo Hall, the Holden Hall public areas, Spartan Stadium, Wharton Center and Farm Lane.
By 7 a.m. Monday, a crowd of about a hundred people had formed outside the Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing, to hear Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama speak.
Today, voters will have the chance to decide which candidates and millage proposals will be included on the November ballot as polls open for the primary election.
A fire Sunday afternoon at Ville Montée Apartments, 301 Rampart Way, damaged six living units, East Lansing Fire Inspector Gerald Rodabaugh said. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.