Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Take a peek behind the curtain and test drive the NEW StateNews.com today!

News | Michigan

MICHIGAN

South Case Hall lounge vandalized

A chair and bottles were reportedly thrown from the sixth floor South Case Hall study lounge, a window screen was cut, and derogatory comments were written on whiteboards early Saturday morning, according to MSU police reports and an email to residents from their resident assistant, or RA, obtained by The State News.

MICHIGAN

Public hearing Wednesday on potential new apartments

Students and community members will have their chance to speak out regarding a proposed apartment complex on Michigan Avenue and a new restaurant that will be located in The Residences, 300 Grove St., during Wednesday’s upcoming East Lansing Planning Commission meeting.

MICHIGAN

COLUMN: A first-person look at shooting ranges

Although it might seem cliché or creepy to admit, there’s a distinct, strange quiet in your mind the moment you pull the trigger on a gun.

MICHIGAN

A flowering business

The week before Valentine’s Day means extra work for Ruth Leyrer, who spends the holiday preparing floral arrangements. “I have been in the business over 40 years, so I must be a glutton for punishment,” joked Leyrer, owner of Bancroft Flowers, 1417 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing.

MICHIGAN

Chandler Crossings soon to get new renovations

Changes are coming to Chandler Crossings, both in the form of management and new apartment renovations. The Woodlark Companies, Westpac Campus Communities and Torchlight Investors purchased Chandler Crossings from Long Wharf Real Estate Partners LLC in a multi-million dollar acquisition that was executed Jan. 31.

MICHIGAN

Dogs rescued after alleged neglect by MSU vet

Deep brown, watery eyes half full of hope and half full of terror stared up at psychology senior Kate Scanlon as she reached her hand through the bars of the kennel separating her from the Tibetan Spaniel named Cricket.

MICHIGAN

Landlords now required to provide voter registration info

Students are embracing a new ordinance requiring landlords to provide new tenants with voter registration information passed at Tuesday’s regular city council meeting, a move questioned by some landlords. The ordinance is aimed at helping students — who might be moving from on campus to off campus, or from house to house — register to vote, or how to re-register with the change of address.

MICHIGAN

Planned Parenthood closed, sexual health clinics still available

The site of the Planned Parenthood clinic, formerly located at 515 E. Grand River Ave., has been closed since Jan. 31, 2012, but that hasn’t meant a lack of sexual health services for students in the area. Desiree Cooper, director of community and media relations for Planned Parenthood of Mid and South Michigan, said the clinic on Grand River Avenue closed because many of the services also were available within blocks of the clinic at Olin Health Center.

MICHIGAN

Bill might halt increase of blood alcohol content

An extra vodka shot might not be enough to put students behind bars for drunken driving if Michigan lawmakers fail to pass preventative legislation. While most students associate 0.08 grams as the minimum blood alcohol content, or BAC, level to be arrested for drunken driving, the level could increase to 0.10 grams Oct.