Flooding houses with dirty water isn’t the only way East Lansing’s frequently clogged sewage system flexes its muscle. Some local business owners believe the sewers’ overwhelming odor is wretched enough to deter customers from visiting their stores.
A couple hundred East Lansing residents were left in the dark around 9 p.m. Thursday, the result of a broken underground cable that cut power to parts of the city.
Lansing police have identified 27-year-old Matthew Emmanuel Macon as the man they believe is responsible for five recent homicides and one assault.
In an effort to ease Michigan’s budget woes and create a smaller government, the Michigan Senate passed a bill Thursday offering early retirement options to Michigan’s employees.
The suspect in a string of Lansing homicides was arrested by police Thursday. Lansing police believe they have found the suspect in the slaying of five area women since late July.
Although a design concept is in place, the genesis of the East Village project might not occur for several months, city officials say.
The Michigan House voted Thursday to move the state’s presidential primary from Feb. 26 to Jan. 15. The change in date, if approved by Gov. Jennifer Granholm, would make Michigan the third state in the country to hold its primary.
A busy fall semester won’t prevent premedical freshman Andrea Jackson from finishing what she started this summer.
Ten days after a man was stabbed in a local bar’s parking lot, first-year MSU football coach Mark Dantonio made his weekly radio show debut at the bar.
In an effort to ease Michigan’s budget woes and create a smaller state government, the Michigan Senate passed a bill Thursday offering early retirement options to state employees.
When former Sen. Dick Allen rode his bicycle from the state Capitol to Mackinaw City in 1971, he proved a point to the Department of Transportation and gave rise to a tradition.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Tuesday that Michigan will host an energy summit with Sweden in early 2008 in an effort to bring international industries and jobs to the state.
Peace activists did not get discouraged Tuesday when U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, did not attend the Take a Stand campaign. Instead, they brought in a replacement in the form of a life-size poster of Rogers.
Saginaw Bay could soon have a comprehensive plan for managing its ecological resources thanks to a federal grant awarded to MSU research scientists.
The numbers are in, and the East Lansing and MSU police departments report that more than 600 partygoers received tickets and upward of 125 spent time in jail during this year’s Welcome Week.
The Michigan House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday pushing for over $1 billion in higher education funding to go to the state’s top three research universities.
Mid-Michigan residents may feel better about the environment thanks to an effort by the Lansing Board of Water & Light to ensure part of its power comes from renewable sources.
After two hotly contested election cycles, the Michigan Democratic Party is out to make sure voters in future elections are not being disenfranchised — or suppressed altogether.