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MICHIGAN

Student residents overtake East Lansing housing market

Because of a high number of nonconforming student rental properties in East Lansing designated for single families, the city staff is working on plans during the next four months to possibly alter the zoning in these areas to find a balance between student-rental housing and owner-occupied housing.

Adam Toolin ·
MICHIGAN

Nature of recent assault yet to be verified

Tension regarding an assault on journalism sophomore Zachary Tennen continues to build as the East Lansing Police Department, or ELPD, released a statement that the assault likely was not an anti-Semitic hate crime, despite claims from the Tennen family asserting otherwise.

MICHIGAN

Home brewing store opens in Frandor

Many Spartans have an appreciation for beer, but not as many have actually created their own brews. Since That’s How We Brew, a home-brewing supply store, opened in early August at 3000 Vine St., in Lansing, they can.

MICHIGAN

Face time: Polygraph detective Anne Stahl

From fidgety movements, a spike of a heart rate and a high-tech instrument, MSU Police Detective Anne Stahl can tell when someone is lying to her face. Stahl is one of very few women in Michigan to operate a polygraph, or a diagnostic instrument with components that help her diagnose whether someone is being truthful or not by reading the examinee’s physiological responses to different types of questions.

Sam Radecki ·
MICHIGAN

Raise a glass

It has been more than 125 years since Frank Beck, a farmer from Ohio, came to Michigan and started a small farm. And today, his great-great-grandchildren play on that same small farm, now known as Uncle John’s Cider Mill.

MICHIGAN

MSUFCU turns 75, offers promotions

Seventy-five years ago, the MSU Federal Credit Union, or MSUFCU, was started by a professor, and is now known as the largest university-based credit union. The MSUFCU’s headquarters, 3777 West Road, has nine branches, four of which are in East Lansing, including in the Union and at 523 E.

MICHIGAN

Local Sikhs hold vigil for shooting

Language did not create barriers in understanding the Greater Lansing community’s pain at a Monday night vigil for the victims of the Wisconsin Sikh gurdwara shooting, at the Sikh Gurdwara of Lansing, 4701 Pleasant Grove Road. Early Sunday morning members of the Sikh religion, as well as people all over the world, were shaken by a mass shooting at a Sikh gurdwara, or place of worship, in Milwaukee, Wis., which left three critically injured and seven dead, including the gunman, who was shot by police.

MICHIGAN

Claying around

East Lansing resident Jenna Neal works on a vase during a ceramics class on Monday at the Bailey Community Center, 300 Bailey Street. “I just thought it would be something fun to learn,” Neal said.

MICHIGAN

Benefit concert aids local musician

Many East Lansing residents recognize Greg Robertson as one of downtown’s prominent street performers, but few know his history and how his life led him to his spot outside the Peanut Barrel Restaurant, where he regularly serenades shoppers.