Lady bug hotels, praying mantis hats and crepe paper flowers were just a few things on the agenda Saturday at East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, as the Children’s Gardening Club met and explored ways in which insects can be helpful in gardens.
As hamburgers and stuffed tacos across the country are going without tomatoes due to a salmonella outbreak, the fruit’s issues are hitting home with two more cases of the infection in Michigan reported Friday.
Carrying cash may be quickly becoming a thing of the past as credit card applications are filling MSU students’ mailboxes and plastic is filling the slots in their wallets.
Home and family snapshots from this summer could be winners of the 2008 community photo contest, “The Essence of East Lansing,” if turned in to the city of East Lansing by Sept. 10 at 5 p.m.
Although City Center II has been the project at the front of many East Lansing residents’ minds, there are many other redevelopment projects occurring throughout the city.
The Michigan United Conservation Clubs is trying to expand the state’s 1976 bottle deposit law to include water bottles and other non-carbonated drinks by the end of the month.
After nearly a year of deliberation, the Big Ten Network and Comcast Corp. signed an agreement Thursday that will make the network available to Comcast subscribers for the 2008 college football season.
East Lansing residents will not bear the cost of the $116.4 million City Center II project, despite concerns, City Manager Ted Staton said.
Matthew Macon, who was convicted in May of killing two women and assaulting another last summer, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday.
The East Lansing City Council took the first step toward making City Center II a reality at its meeting Tuesday.
In order to control aquatic vegetation, the swimming beach at Hawk Island County Park, 1601 E. Cavanaugh Road in Lansing, will be closed today to allow for treatment of the lake’s weeds.
Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land and the U.S. Olympic Educational Center, or USOEC, at Northern Michigan University, are reminding motorists that they can show their support for the USA Olympic team by purchasing an Olympic license plate.
For local residents already facing the lofty combined costs of groceries and high gas prices, the loss of millions of acres of Iowan crops due to floods may bring an unwelcome jump in food prices.
State tax credits approved for 11 Michigan businesses and cities by the Michigan Economic Growth Authority, or MEGA, on Tuesday may keep and create more than 3,900 jobs for Michigan residents, including university students.
After months of discussion and public hearings, the East Lansing City Council could come to a decision on the land use plans for City Center II at its meeting tonight.
When East Lansing businesses and residents think of items to protect from thieves, they may be missing one big thing — the inside of their air conditioning units.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm issued an executive order Monday activating the Michigan National Guard for the first time in nearly a year, to assist jurisdictions operating under a state of emergency because of storms that swept through the state earlier this month, according to a press release.
MSU Board of Trustees member Faylene Owen will be one of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s, D-N.Y., 69 delegates from Michigan heading to the Democratic National Convention in August, but she isn’t planning on supporting Clinton much longer.
Michigan residents believe juvenile offenders deserve second chances such as rehabilitation or parole, according to surveys conducted over two years by MSU associate professor of social work Sheryl Kubiak.
The East Lansing City Council will hold its June 17 meeting at a different time and location.