When Capt. Bryan Miller is involved in a police chase, he begins not by flooring the gas of a cop car, but by urging his horse into a gallop. Miller is one of 18 members of the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office Mounted Unit.
A drug that many MSU students use as a legal alternative to marijuana could become illegal if a bill passed unanimously by the state Senate on Aug. 24 becomes law.
MSU’s chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity has downsized to a smaller house in East Lansing to rebuild a stronger membership.
For many students moving to MSU in the past week, it can be stressful to make the transition to campus life. Tiffany Russell understands this stress and has modeled her new dance studio, Spartan Dance Center, 217 Ann St., to serve a young clientele of dancers in the area who want to get away from the pressure of school.
After conventions for the Michigan Republican and Michigan Democratic Parties Saturday and Sunday, the Secretary of State field was narrowed to one candidate from each party that will appear on November’s general ballot.
Three sample medical marijuana ordinances deciding the regulation of dispensaries will be presented to the East Lansing City Council at its next work session Sept.
A mostly quiet break between semesters started to see a slight increase in crime with the return of students.
For elementary education junior Chelsea Reeser, preparing to return to MSU in the fall means one thing: back-to-school shopping.
The city of East Lansing is reminding residents to water trees on their property to maintain the city’s urban forest.
The Lansing Mosaic Festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday at Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing.
The uncertainty and tumult in Michigan’s 8th congressional district for a Democratic candidate continues, as the Michigan Secretary of State still has not received an official notarized statement from the previous nominee, as of Monday. MSU alumnus Kande Ngalamulume, the former Democratic nominee for the U.S. House seat, twice entered and retreated from the race, giving a rare opportunity for a committee to appoint a new candidate to the ballot.
East Lansing residents might notice city officials pedaling through town after a new transportation program put into place for city employees. The East Lansing Green Task Force recently began to place bikes around the city at several facilities for employees to use when going between meetings and buildings.
Lansing Flow Fest, a Christian rap festival, will take place 5:30-10 p.m. Friday at Lansing’s Adado Riverfront Park. The fourth annual event features all ages rap and hip-hop performances by nationally and locally known Christian musicians.
The Old US 27 Motor Tour will showcase classic cars from 3:30-6:30 p.m. Aug. 25 at Eastwood Towne Center, 3003 Preyde Blvd., in Lansing. The tour, along the old US-27 highway, starts Aug. 24 in Auburn, Ind., and ends Aug. 29 in Cheboygan, Mich., with nine stops between the two cities.
The Lansing Bless Festival will take place 12:30-10 p.m. Saturday at Lansing’s Adado Riverfront Park. The event features various Christian musicians at two stages for live performances.
With more than 50 different entries flaunting floats down North Capitol Avenue, in Lansing, hundreds of spectators from the community watched the different exhibitions Saturday during the 11th annual African American Parade and Family Heritage Festival. The parade took place in downtown Lansing with a celebration following at Ferris Park in Lansing.
A warmer than average summer increases the chances of an above average snowfall this upcoming winter, said John Kowaleski, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids. Through the end of July, Lansing recorded temperatures were about 4.3 degrees higher the average of 82, and in June, temperatures were 2.5 degrees above normal — numbers not seen in the past few years, Kowaleski said.
As state funding to public universities is cut and tuition increases, students are leaving college with more debt, according to new released Monday by the Michigan League for Human Services, or MLHS. Titled “Pulling the Plug on Michigan’s Future,” the reported was conducted by the MLHS, which is a nonprofit advocacy group for low-income residents.
A new initiative is giving residents of Ingham County an opportunity to receive notifications of emergencies and traffic advisories from across the county. East Lansing officials and the East Lansing Police Department are encouraging people to sign up for Nixle, an online information service that allows local governments to send real-time text messages and e-mails to subscribers. City Manager Ted Staton said the service is an alternative to traditional means of broadcasting important information — such as a radio station alerting the public of a road closure. “So many people are very tech savvy — that is where they get important news,” Staton said.
The second location of StateSide Deli, which will open Wednesday in downtown East Lansing, will fulfill the name of the store, a sentiment missing from the original location in Okemos. With the newest location of StateSide Deli, 313 E. Grand River Ave., Spencer Soka, the deli’s owner, said he is planning on the New York-style deli to be an MSU mainstay.