After spending hours at the bottom of the Red Cedar River last week, a 2007 Buick Lucerne probably suffered from its foray into campus waters, according to the East Lansing Police Department.
East Lansing resident and MSU alumna Anji Reynolds picks lettuce mix Tuesday at the Hunter Park Community Garden House, 1400 E. Kalamazoo St., in Lansing. Reynolds volunteers as part of the Lansing Urban Farm Project. “It’s refreshing to get your hands dirty,” Reynolds said.
East Lansing officials were among a handful of people who joined at the Lansing City Council Chambers on Tuesday morning announcing their support of legislation guaranteeing nondiscrimination of the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community. The Local Electeds Against Discrimination statement, or LEAD, calls for protection for LGBT against discrimination.
A major development project in the city is at a crossroads. After years of varying levels of activity, the East Lansing City Council is scheduled to discuss and vote on a predevelopment agreement for the controversial City Center II project.
Saturday night fever came a day early last weekend. Students took to the roller skating rink in Demonstration Hall on Friday evening, all infected with the same peculiar disease: funkadellic fever.
Longtime East Lansing City Attorney Dennis McGinty has stepped down from the post to take a different position with the city.
With the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination currently in full swing, the city of East Lansing is making its own preparations for election season.
East Lansing’s dining scene could get a mobile upgrade later this year if the city council approves a policy next week allowing food trucks to operate downtown. The policy revision builds on guidelines approved last year allowing food cart vendors to operate at three different locations in the city.
Kim Fritz, owner and proprietor of Nibble, a local cheesecake company, never thought her grandmother’s cheesecake recipe would turn into a full-fledged business. But at the East Lansing Farmer’s Market in 2009, Fritz experienced true success.
A bill headed for the Michigan Senate is aiming to fix a loophole with Michigan gun laws regarding college campuses.
Although she doesn’t consider her Bloomfield Hills, Mich., hometown a tourism hot spot, criminal justice senior Erica Silver sees parts of her home state as the true “pure Michigan.”
During the past three days, the U.S. Supreme Court started reviewing the Affordable Care Act — a decision experts agree could have profound effects on the powers of the Congress. Under the new law, young adults can remain on their parents’ plan until age 26. The act also has a program to help repay medical students’ loans.
The Android Market is in the past, and Google Play is the present. On March 6, the Android Market was replaced by Google Play — the new market for Android phones styled similarly to Apple’s App Store.
As more and more students zoom around campus and East Lansing on mopeds, police officials and business owners are reminding student moped drivers to keep safety in mind.
Lindsay Yax has no doubt she will be able to get a job after graduation. Although the economy still isn’t quite the way it was five years ago, the Lansing unemployment rate has decreased during the past year from 8.8 percent in to 7.4 percent from January 2011-2012.
An unseasonably warm March has helped boost business for some restaurants as MSU students and East Lansing residents flock to outdoor patios. This month’s weather has been “unprecedented,” said T.J. Turnage, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids.
Tapping into the spring season, craft beer fans gathered Sunday at Crunchy’s to celebrate the official release of Oberon Ale. For about 10 years, Crunchy’s, 254 W. Grand River Ave., has hosted a release party for Oberon, a drink created by Bell’s Brewery Inc., well-known by many Michiganians for its distinct summer flavor, Crunchy’s general manager Mike Krueger said.
Solo Cup Company recently was bought out by Dart Container Corporation, which is based in Mason, Mich., for about $1 billion. Both companies are committed to being environmentally friendly, representatives said. Dart is one of the largest producers of foam cups, which require less energy to produce than plastic cups. Solo also offers many environmentally friendly disposable products, such as drink and food containers made out of paper, plastic and recycled materials.
On Thursday night, the odds were pretty favorable for fans of the popular book series “The Hunger Games.” The silver-screen adaptation of the first book in Suzanne Collins’ young adult trilogy debuted at midnight, with fans — including MSU students — flocking to theaters.
As the potential of the MSU men’s basketball team’s further advancement in the NCAA Tournament excites students around campus, the MSU Police Department is attempting to up student awareness of suspicious activity by adding its own take on a national advertising campaign.