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E.L. Police Chief accepts job in Texas

After 25 years of service in the East Lasing Police Department, East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert will leave the ELPD at the end of this month. This morning, Wibert received an offer from the police department in New Braunfels, Texas for the job as Chief of Police.

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Fire Prevention Week spreads awareness

Monday was the beginning of Fire Prevention Week, a national initiative to heat up discussion about fire prevention safety and education. The theme for this year — “Smoke Alarms: A Sound You Can Live With!” — is aimed at smoke alarm systems and their importance in fire prevention.

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Michigan Ban on synthetic weed in effect

East Lansing stores were forced to immediately remove a popular marijuana substitute, K2, from shelves and explain the product’s ban, after the substance became illegal across the state Friday after Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed bipartisan legislation, Thursday.

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Student pleads not guilty in thefts

Lyman Briggs sophomore Nicholas Tisdale pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon in Detroit’s 36th District Court on charges of receiving and concealing stolen property, said Todd Flood, managing partner of Flood Lanctot Connor Stablein, PLLC.

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House, Senate pass final budget bills

The state House and Senate passed the final budget bills Wednesday in advance of their Friday deadline, avoiding a government shutdown. Both houses passed the higher education budget Tuesday, approving a 2.8 percent funding cut to MSU and other public universities.

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Lansing AIDS walk brings awareness, donations

Tim Barron remembers when HIV and AIDS didn’t have names. The Lansing Radio DJ said he knew friends who contracted the disease, saw the early stages of its research and publicity and now is doing his part to help. Barron, a radio DJ for WQTX (92.1), emceed the Lansing Area AIDS Network’s, or LAAN, AIDS Walk Lansing/East Lansing 2010 Sunday, starting at Valley Court Park, 400 Hillside Court, circling around the Bailey Neighborhood and ending back at the park. The festivities began at Valley Court Park, with tents set up for participants and corporate sponsors for those registering.

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Recycle-Rama takes in large haul Saturday

About 20,000 pounds of scrap metal, 200 gallons of grease and oil, a truckload of clothes, 2.5 tons of appliances and other items were gathered at Recycle-Rama on Saturday at the Ingham County Health Department. Recycle-Rama offered free disposal of items such as TVs, refrigerators and other goods that usually cost money to recycle.