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.
As many families think of fancy restaurants for the celebration of Mother’s Day, it was golf courses that saw the influx of patrons Sunday, as local residents flocked to the greens on Father’s Day.
Students and residents interested in becoming more involved with city government, or expanding their leadership skills, can take part in the second annual East Lansing Emerging Leaders Program.
Within the next month, Michigan legislators could override of Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s decision Friday to veto a ban on partial-birth abortion, said Rep. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge.
East Lansing police Officer Tresha Rodriguez, who was named Woman of the Year by the Lansing State Journal’s Greater Lansing Woman magazine in May, will be recognized by the East Lansing City Council on Tuesday.
Potter Park Zoo officials hope for a stampede as Lansing-area residents are invited to participate in the zoo’s 18th Annual 5K Rhino Walk on June 14.
East Lansing residents and students may have to cut back on their use of air conditioning this summer, due to an increase in electricity rates.
The severe storms earlier this week could have posed a much more serious risk to residents — carbon monoxide poisoning — from alternate power sources like generators used during outages.
With his hands as his only instrument, Benjamen Warren, a master-level Reiki instructor, is able to soothe the discomforts of his clients through the Japanese practice.
The Michigan Department of Management and Budget will hold a surplus auction of vehicles and heavy equipment at 10 a.m. Saturday in Lansing.
The East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, opened again to the public Thursday morning after a three-day power outage from the severe storms of last weekend.
The Michigan legislature approved about $163 million in federal funding for improvements to Michigan airports Tuesday, including $8.6 million for Lansing’s Capital Region International Airport, said Leslee Fritz, spokeswoman for the Office of the State Budget.
While most would agree that being pulled over by a police officer is not enjoyable, getting pulled over by a person impersonating a police officer could be worse.
Spurts of warm weather amidst recent severe storms have allowed for students and East Lansing residents to be outdoors, enjoying and exercising in the sunshine. But the news of clear, warm days aren’t as welcome to the area’s fitness centers and exercise classes, however, as attendance and enrollment lower with the season.
As a result of the weekend’s storms, a power outage occurred at the East Lansing Waste Water Treatment Plant, forcing the plant to make an emergency bypass of sewage and rain water into the Red Cedar River, said Todd Sneathen, director of Public Works.
The storm that hit the Lansing area Sunday was declared a tornado, according to the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids.
Authorities shut down a westbound lane of Saginaw Highway near Coolidge Road as a result of a utility pole that caught on fire.