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.
A cell phone was the game piece, and downtown East Lansing and MSU’s campus were the interactive game board in the second annual “Becky Beauchine Kulka Diamond Dash,” Sunday afternoon.
Glass steins full of frothy beer and spätzle with schnitzle, combined with lively polka dancing on a brisk fall evening, made for a festive weekend at Old Town’s Oktoberfest in Lansing.
The MSU Sierra Student Coalition will host a planning session to encourage MSU to end its use of coal energy on campus at 7:30 p.m. today in Room 114 of Berkey Hall.
The city of East Lansing’s cost of living is one of the lowest compared to surrounding communities, according to the 2010 Mid-Michigan Residential Cost Comparison.
Under tents decorated with red, white and blue balloons, packaging sophomore Kelsey O’Keefe signed her name on her voter registration application, planning to vote in the Nov.
Local residents now have a bridge to fresh food because of an initiative at the East Lansing Farmer’s Market.
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.
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.
MSU students could see a tuition freeze if law student Kyle Haubrich is elected to the state Senate.
A 21-year-old Adrian, Mich., man was arrested Sunday by East Lansing police for allegedly attacking his ex-girlfriend with a knife.
Ingham County is trading cell bars for ankle bands as electronic monitoring systems are becoming more popular in response to overcrowded jails.
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.
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.
East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton received the Michigan Local Government Management Association’s John M. Patriarche Distinguished Service Award on Wednesday.
The colorful camouflage patterns featured on cans of Four, as well as packaging on other alcoholic energy drinks, will face new scrutiny because of a motion from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission.
A one-on-one coffee meeting in Lansing on Wednesday between the gubernatorial candidates secured what five weeks of meetings between their lawyers could not — an agreement to a debate. Republican gubernatorial candidate and Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder and Democratic candidate and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero will debate at 7 p.m.
A proposal to formalize a decades-old program devoted to providing adult day care services to local residents was approved at East Lansing City Council’s Tuesday night meeting in the Union’s Gold Room A and B.
When East Lansing City Councilmember Nathan Triplett was bullied as a high school student in Portage, Mich., it started a fire in him to fight against bullies across the state. Triplett was assaulted with a textbook in his high school’s locker room, knocking him unconscious. “The school’s response was ‘Boys will be boys’,” he said.
The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday not to open debate on military spending authorization bill that included amendments on the controversial DREAM Act and “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal. In order to reach discussion, and thereby a final vote, the Senate required 60 favorable votes, a three-fifths majority.