Council to discuss East Village plans
The East Lansing City Council will hear a presentation and discuss plans today to redevelop East Village, a 35-acre area bounded by Bogue Street and Hagadorn Road that is home to more than 2,000 students.
The East Lansing City Council will hear a presentation and discuss plans today to redevelop East Village, a 35-acre area bounded by Bogue Street and Hagadorn Road that is home to more than 2,000 students.
Students and residents will have an opportunity today to critique a $117 million project that could lead to the elimination of rental housing along the 300 and 400 blocks of Evergreen Avenue.
Radio station WJR (760-AM) and MSU recently launched Greening of the Great Lakes, a Web site aimed at providing insight into Great Lakes environmental issues.
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, has been in Lansing since the Feb. 16 Michigan Republican Convention. He sat down for a one-on-one interview with The State News about MSU, the state of Michigan and other issues concerning college students.
Having plunged into a cold tub to soothe sore muscles many times during his career, former MSU quarterback Drew Stanton knew what to expect at Sunday’s Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge in Lansing.
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader has one advantage over his opponents — experience. Nader declared his candidacy for the fifth straight election Sunday, and members of the MSU community said they don’t expect his losing track record to change.
The unarmed robbery charge against former MSU linebacker SirDarean Adams has been dropped because of a lack of evidence. Adams still faces one charge of misdemeanor assault.
Suspected serial killer Matthew Macon’s murder trial has been postponed for at least nine weeks so that his defense can analyze new evidence.
Local bus rides will become pricier in April. The Capital Area Transportation Authority Board of Directors voted Wednesday to increase fares by 25 percent for adults and 10 percent for student semester passes to balance budget costs.
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said Wednesday that a recent ruling by the World Trade Organization against China will help keep auto parts companies in Michigan, despite an MSU professor’s differing opinion.
Despite a decision last week to allow negotiations and planning to begin for creating a countywide 911 dispatch center, it could be years before any real progress is made.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has surpassed Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., as MSU students’ second-most preferred presidential candidate, according to a survey released Wednesday.
The eastbound highway ramps at Interstate 496 and Pennsylvania Avenue will be closed from 8 a.m. to about 3 p.m. Saturday for lighting repairs.
Legal immigrants will once again be able to obtain driver’s licenses starting today after the Michigan Secretary of State implemented a law re-establishing legal immigrants’ right to drive.
The format war for high-definition DVDs came to an end Tuesday when Tokyo-based Toshiba announced it will no longer develop, manufacture or market its HD DVD line of players and recorders.
Michigan’s superdelegates could swing the Democratic presidential nomination, some experts said. However, the possibility exists they might not have an impact at all. Superdelegates, which account for one-fifth of all delegates, are free to support any candidate they choose.
A resolution that could ban the use of eminent domain will be discussed at the East Lansing City Council meeting Tuesday night. It is likely the council will decide whether to approve a resolution from an East Lansing resident that would deny the city the use of eminent domain — a prospect considered among city and property owners for the recent Virginia Avenue and City Center II developments.
The largest U.S. meat recall on record — issued by a California meatpacker Monday — won’t affect MSU’s beef supply.
A salt shortage could make it difficult to keep future ice and snow off East Lansing’s roads. January and February’s streak of snow showers has taken a toll on the city’s 3,300-ton salt supply, which is used to break up ice and snow.
Hangovers aren’t the only potential deterrent bar patrons should be concerned about. Environmental tobacco smoke could be the cause of death in the case of a young asthmatic waitress who collapsed and died shortly after arriving for work at a Michigan bar, report participants said.