A record amount of money was raised for the Greater Lansing Food Bank in the 2009-10 Envelope Fundraising Campaign, Executive Director Terry Link announced Tuesday. The $1,048,624.29 raised will help feed people in Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties, Link said.
Absentee ballots are available for voters as Feb. 23 elections draw near. People must submit absentee ballot applications by 2 p.m.
East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert is trained to stop crime, protect citizens and eat more than three paczkis in two minutes. Wibert, along with six other local personalities, raced against the clock and each other to see who could eat the most paczkis in two minutes Tuesday at L&L Food Center, 6075 N.
The East Lansing City Council work session scheduled for Tuesday at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, has been canceled.
East Lansing residents likely will see the effect of budget struggles through city services, as officials have discussed scaling back to reduce a combined two-year, $5 million deficit.
In the middle of a winter that has seen little snowfall, six to 10 inches of snow are expected to fall on the East Lansing area Tuesday morning through Wednesday afternoon.
In an attempt to foster better cage-free living environments for chickens, MSU researchers are working on a project to monitor birds’ movements.
When business and psychology sophomore Meaghen Murray first came to MSU, she was excited for a new beginning. However, she realized she left more behind than she thought.
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch for Ingham County, Sunday. The watch is in effect from Tuesday morning through Wednesday afternoon.
The East Lansing City Council faced a grim reality as it walked away from its preliminary budget planning meeting at Eagle Eye Golf Club Saturday with proposals to eliminate a combined 2010 and 2011 fiscal year deficit of nearly $5 million.
The East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, will be closed today for a staff furlough.
The East Lansing City Council will begin budget brainstorming Saturday during its weekend retreat as the city faces a deficit that is expected to exceed the current fiscal year’s almost $2 million shortfall.
Michigan voters will be offered the opportunity to overturn the Michigan constitution in November’s election.
By the year 2100, the globe is at risk to lose 40 percent of the animal population to extinction, according to Terry Root.
Fumiko Sakashita is on her own. Like many other international students at MSU, Sakashita, an American studies doctoral student, looked forward to being a teaching assistant to help pay for continuing her education. However, in light of the recent budget cuts at MSU, her goal seems less likely to pan out.
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said during her eighth and final State of the State address Wednesday she will reinstate the Michigan Promise Scholarship in her budget proposal for the 2010-11 fiscal year. In her speech at the Capitol in Lansing, the governor said she will fund the scholarship, restructuring it to keep graduates in Michigan. However, she did not reveal how she plans to fund it.
People might take issue with the bailout’s billions of dollars, the national deficit and the trillions tied to China, but the city of East Lansing is grabbing at every penny of grant money Washington has to offer.
One week after proposing about $450 million in savings by cutting spending on state employees, term-limited Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm will deliver annual speech tonight at 7 p.m.
Republican candidate Rick Snyder leads all candidates with $3.3 million raised, but $2.6 million of that came from his own pocket. Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox trails Snyder with $1.83 million, while the only announced Democratic candidate, state Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith, D-Salem Township, has raised $36,245.
East Lansing City Council voted to move downtown taxi stands back to their original Albert Avenue location and also created six additional spaces on the street during its Tuesday meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.