Jessica Reiss always has had a soft spot for special needs animals, and when she spotted a one-eyed cat laying in a cage waiting to be adopted on Sunday afternoon, it was love at first sight.
Thousands of area residents descended on Lansing’s Adado Riverfront Park Saturday afternoon for the 17th annual Board of Water and Light, or BWL, Chili Cook-off.
Janet Ashton filled her car at least three times with everything from used furniture, wood, Styrofoam, paper to be shredded and scrap metal she had been saving for a year to donate in the annual Project Pride recycling event. On Saturday, East Lansing residents brought all types of reusable or recyclable items to the Abbott Center, 1400-1500 Abbot Road.
When Cayla Roberts’ father told her she was worth less than a sack of potatoes as a child, she never expected to one day become a high school and college graduate, an active volunteer in her community and wife surrounded by a new family who loves and respects her as one of their own.
Woodchips flew as master builder Brian Taylor sawed off part of the sound board of a piano.
Michigan lawmakers continue to push forward on passing the state’s budget for the next fiscal year, hoping to reach a self-declared June 1 deadline. Conference committees formed to flesh out details of the budget have come to agreement on most of the 17 state agencies included, but details have yet to be worked out on higher education and school aid funding. Gov.
Current Miss Michigan Elizabeth Wertenberger, originally from Dundee, Mich., grew up battling juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Now, at age 23, she is in complete remission and is sharing her story by using her platform with the Miss America Organization.
The opening of a $5.6 million facility that would consolidate the emergency dispatch services of the East Lansing and Lansing Police Departments has been delayed indefinitely.
As the Michigan Legislature pushes forward to complete the 2012-13 fiscal year budget this week, it has the advantage of working with about a $400 million surplus, the result of spending cuts to level out a long-standing deficit.
About 72 percent of parents and guardians across the country unknowingly are putting their children between the ages of 1 and 4 at risk by misusing car seats, East Lansing police detective Candace Ivey said Tuesday.
A group of Michigan legislators, civic leaders and business notables will head up to Mackinac Island this week for an annual conference focusing on Michigan’s future in innovation.
Dawn Garcia, 13, from Lansing, spins with her younger brother Ramón Garcia, 1, while playing in the sprinkler Monday at Lake Lansing.
Memorial Day marks the opening weekend for many beaches across the county.
The presidential election season is shaping up to be a contentious one for local voters, as both Republicans and Democrats have said Michigan will be a key state in determining the next U.S. president.
For the first time in eight years, the East Lansing Family Aquatic Center will open for Memorial Day weekend.
By the end of June, the city of East Lansing is expected to have at least one operational electric car charging station, located on the property of the East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road.
East Lansing City Council met with Strathmore Development Co. President Scott Chappelle at a Tuesday work session to discuss the privacy parameters regarding the due diligence period for City Center II development.
Children dancing and shaking green masks at a large group of people might not be a typical scene in the rotunda of the Capitol building in Lansing, but the crowd could not keep from smiling as the Post Oak Elementary School students displayed a Chinese dance at the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month program yesterday.
Outside the Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, Transportation Center Monday morning, as cars and buses passed by, a group of Lansing community members stood by the side of the road.
East Lansing City Council will continue its discussion about the due-diligence process for City Center II Tuesday at 7 p.m.