“Tax relief” became a well-worn buzzword in Michigan’s capital early this year when the state estimated it would have almost a billion dollars in extra revenue on hand. Since Gov.
Police departments in the Greater Lansing area and local businesses gathered at the Kellogg Center on Tuesday morning to have breakfast with Special Agent in Charge Paul M.
A person of interest in the shooting of Dominique Nolff has been arrested for a parole violation in Grand Rapids, according to police. Marqua McCoy, 19, was arrested Tuesday night, police said.
Late Saturday evening, MSU student and aspiring musician Dustyn Frolka died after being found partially clothed and in respiratory distress at the side of an entrance ramp on Interstate 69 in Bath Township, authorities said Monday. Bath Township police said his death “is being treated as a homicide until detectives learn otherwise.” He is survived by his daughter Melody Lou, who was born in April 2013. Frolka was featured in a March 2013 State News article highlighting rap and hip-hop artists in the MSU community. “I just grew up listening to the radio as a kid,” Frolka said in an interview at the time.
A series of power outages and water main breaks have affected hundreds of residents in East Lansing this winter. The power outage on Sunday affecting 200 Lansing Board of Water and Light customers was caused by an underground cable fault completely unrelated to the cold or snow, BWL communications director Stephen Serkaian said. The water main breaks, however, have much to do with the winter weather. “These last few weeks we’ve had extended severe cold weather and that causes an increase in broken pipes,” Serkaian said. There were 19 water main breaks between Jan.
Bath Township police are investigating the death of an MSU student who they believe was murdered this weekend.
Buried within the Agriculture Act of 2014, the farm bill signed into law at MSU by President Barack Obama two weeks ago, there is a provision legalizing the growth of industrial hemp for agricultural or academic research. It is a provision that could easily be applied to MSU, which often touts itself as a premier agricultural research university.
A group of a few dozen individuals marched the streets of East Lansing Friday, yelling, chanting and holding up signs to spread awareness of sexual violence and assault for MSU’s annual V-Day March To End Violence.
The things I do for love. While some students spent their Valentine’s Day out with their significant other or enjoying the single life, I was charged with finding the future Mrs. Preston in three minutes or less.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon told state lawmakers Thursday that a proposed funding increase including in Gov.
The pink paper hearts seen on display in the windows of local businesses will continue to accumulate through the end of the month.
Among MSU’s many registered student organizations, the Guitar Club is one that might have a quiet voice in publicity, but a loud one in musical sound.?On Friday evenings inside Holmes and Bessey Halls’ classrooms, one can hear the sound of an amplifier’s feedback and then any kind of Rock n’ Roll.
A 19-year-old male student had his dorm room broken into while he was still in it, according to MSU police.
On Wednesday evening in Case Hall, students convened to discuss recent state legislation about one of the nation’s most divisive issues — abortion. Michigan’s Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, and a representative from Planned Parenthood of Michigan, fielded questions from MSU students. The event was hosted by MSU College Democrats and MSU Students for Choice.
Peanut butter buckeyes and mint-chocolate wafers were just some of the sweet treats offered at the Chocolate Walk Wednesday night in Lansing’s Old Town.
On Feb. 12, 1855, Kinsley S. Bingham likely did not consider what the small patch of land containing the newly-established Agricultural College of the State of Michigan would develop into more than 150 years later.
Finding people to move students in and out of their East Lansing residences might no longer be an issue, thanks to a new moving service called Bellhops.
On Tuesday, Democratic state lawmakers announced a new bill that targets higher education and the increasing costs of attending college. If passed, the proposal would give 200 students per year an interest-free loan to pay for college, although it is unlikely to be approved by the Republican-controlled legislature. State Rep.
In the past two months, Cedar Village and the area surrounding it have become home to two of MSU’s largest crime-related incidents within the past school year.
A student was allegedly sexually assaulted at about 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 9, according to police. The victim, a female student, told police she was first assaulted at a party off campus, MSU police Sgt.