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MICHIGAN

Remaining Park District buildings unlikely to be demolished by year's end

With new apartment buildings and businesses rising along Grand River Avenue, East Lansing has seen growth across its downtown. But students returned this fall to see the a lot of the blighted places still standing. Though windows and doors are still boarded up and the Thai Hut sign is still flaking off, Park District might see some progress in the coming months, although the buildings will likely stay standing by the end of 2016.

MICHIGAN

How MSU researchers unlocked a fingerprint-secure smartphone to help police with homicide case

In the early hours of Saturday, May 14, 2016, 34-year-old Joshua Christopher Misiak was driving his brother’s vehicle when he and an unidentified 22-year-old woman were shot near the intersection of Kendon Drive and Wildwood Avenue in Lansing. At the hospital, Misiak, a father of two daughters, was pronounced dead due to multiple gunshot wounds. Police say another vehicle pulled up and began shooting shortly after 1:00 a.m.

MICHIGAN

Trump to give campaign speech nearby on Friday

Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump will be coming near Lansing for a campaign speech on Friday, according to a campaign schedule. The event will be in Dimondale, Mich., about 20 minutes away, and will take place at The Summit Sports and Ice Complex. The event will begin at 2 p.m. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is currently 10 points ahead of Trump, according to the latest WXYZ-TV/Detroit Free Press poll released Aug.