Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, who is pondering a run in the state gubernatorial race, said Monday at his State of the City address he hopes to see the gap between MSU and the state capital shrink in 2010.
Michigan history, (just) not one that people think of a lot,” Perkins said about the group.
The East Lansing City Council will discuss adding more taxi stations in the downtown area during its 7 p.m. Tuesday work session at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
Almost exactly two years after Detroit Free Press reporters M.L Elrick and Jim Schaefer broke news of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s text messaging affair, they are touring Michigan to promote their book, “The Kwame Sutra: Musings on lust, life and leadership from Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.”
Gyms usually have their fill in January as thousands of Americans attempt to lose holiday pounds. With East Lansing workout hotspots bulging with a glut of new January members, MSU alumna Emily Zurek noticed the gyms themselves usually shed more clients than the members do pounds when the calendar flips to February.
An MSU student will stand trial for his alleged involvement in a November prank. Political science and pre-law freshman Nikolai Wasielewski faces charges of conspiracy and accomplice after the fact for his involvement in a Nov. 1, 2009, prank, when he and three others allegedly threw a firework into the yard of an East Lansing resident’s home.
A map would tell people Nigeria and East Lansing are worlds away. Bunmi Akinyemiju would tell people they share a border. Akinyemiju, CEO of Enliven Software, is bringing his automated financial services operation out of East Lansing’s Technology Innovation Center, or TIC, at 325 E. Grand River Ave., to west Africa and Australia as part of a new global operation for his company.
Jodi Potter believes many Michigan residents are missing out on opportunities because of a lack of technology, especially in Upper Peninsula counties.
East Lansing police Officer Jim Phelps knew he wanted to be a police officer since he was 5 years old. And since 1993, Phelps has hit the pavement as an officer in East Lansing, holding jobs as everything from a patrol officer to a crime scene investigator.
Making it in the restaurant business for a year marks a milestone — but it’s a bittersweet one for Brother’s Grill, 403 E. Grand River Ave., which officially closed Thursday after just more than one year of operation.
East Lansing and the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, officials are discussing discounted parking permits for graduate students to use during class hours at city parking garages, citing mutual benefits for both parties.
State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, considered the Democratic front-runner for the Michigan attorney general nomination, exited the race Wednesday.
Changes to several Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, bus routes scheduled to take effect this month will be postponed until fall 2010.
East Lansing’s 54-B District Court and the East Lansing Police Department Record Bureau will be closed Friday for inventory.
With credit lines in knots and entrepreneurs walking a proverbial tight rope, East Lansing officials are discussing an incubator program to provide steady financial footing for restaurateurs.
State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, announced today she is dropping out of the Michigan Attorney General race.
Legislation being voted on in the Michigan Senate Health Policy Committee today could create tighter regulations on embryonic stem cell research down the road.
Procrastinating students looking to throw together a last minute spring break trip could be in luck with a new option to book an international flight out of Lansing.
The work of one generation hopes to enlighten those of a younger age for the days and months to come.
When walking from Baker Hall to a bus stop on Grand River Avenue, Jason Rydberg knows by the dwarfed dwellings and silent streets that he’s a long way from Boston’s bars, skyscrapers, boutiques and restaurants.