In Las Vegas, citizens can vote two weeks before Election Day in a shopping mall, and in Iowa, voters can cast a ballot 40 days early in a grocery store.
Kim Snook's Haslett High School biology class couldn't believe the things they saw pulled out of the Grand River or found along the banks on Saturday - bicycles in good condition, a large trunk, a bone and a coat. Snook brought her class to the Adopt A River program to clean up the river and its banks and trails. She said the event tied in perfectly with Earth Day on April 22 and a recent class unit on humans' impact on the environment. "I think they see the effects down here more than in the school," Snook said. About 300 people braved dropping temperatures and sleet to participate in the cleanup, which is in its 11th year, Adopt A River coordinator Jennifer Rostar said. "It's amazing that people were willing to come out even with the bad weather," Rostar said, as she watched the shivering volunteers attempt to get warm under the Shiawassee Street bridge. The event was held one day after Earth Day and about a week before Arbor Day on April 29.
Although the unexpected snowfall left many people shivering this weekend, on the roads and in the fields there were few problems, police said. The almost 3 inches of snow that covered the Lansing area this weekend was not a local record, said Walt Felver, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Grand Rapids branch. That record is held with 11 inches of snow on May 9, 1923, Felver said. About 2.9 inches of snow accumulated in the area as of Sunday evening since Saturday, Felver said.
After her son died on his 21st birthday in 1998 from alcohol poisoning, Cynthia McCue sent birthday cards to her son Bradley's friends as they turned 21. "It was very difficult for them," she said.
With the same frozen slush machines, store setup and paint scheme, the 24/7 convenience store, 210 Michigan Ave., remains very similar to 7-Eleven, the store it took over. Ami Bhatt, manager of the new store, said this is partly because it only has been open for a couple of weeks, since April 5.
Editor's note: This is the fifth in a five-part series to reintroduce the people who run East Lansing.
The Lansing Recycling Transfer Station, 530 E. South St., will accept computers and other electronics to recycle from 8 a.m.
Saturday is Earth Super Saturday at the Impression 5 Science Center, 200 Museum Drive in Lansing. Projects developed by students at the Museum Studies Program will be delivered from 11 a.m.
Editor's note: This is the fourth in a five-part series to reintroduce the people who run East Lansing.
Every day, Max Baisel said he works with people who can't afford to pay for basic health and dental care. As a program counselor for the Ingham County Health Department mobile health unit, Baisel addressed a small crowd at the foot of the Capitol's steps on Wednesday during a rally to address disparities in the nation's health-care system. Medical students and health-care professionals spoke at the event, sponsored by the American Medical Student Association at the MSU College of Human Medicine.
"It's terrifying. It's the worst experience. I am renting from a slum lord right now.
Editor's note: This is the third in a five-part series to reintroduce the people who run East Lansing.
The familiar food guide pyramid that graced cafeteria walls, cereal boxes and doctors' offices has been replaced. The U.S.
Local health stores might be able to sell a product containing ephedrine alkaloids after a federal judge ruled last week that a Utah company could sell the supplement. Ephedra is an herbal substance often used in weight loss supplements. The decision landed almost exactly a year after the U.S.
Editor's note: This is the second in a five-part series to reintroduce the people who run East Lansing.
A fowl mystery has surfaced in downtown East Lansing - and not a feather was left behind. A bronze duck statue was removed from East Lansing's Fountain Square Park near the Marriott Hotel at University Place, 300 M.A.C.
A Marshall man accused of murder, stealing a motor vehicle and drunken driving will go to trial in Ingham County Circuit Court, a judge ruled Friday. Alexander Hamil, 19, came to MSU to celebrate St.
Editor's note: This is the first in a five-part series to reintroduce the people who run East Lansing.
By Jonathan Junia Special for The State News In the Auditorium on Saturday there were zombies fighting nerds, aliens fighting cowboys and devils fighting angels, in addition to mock appearances by Will Smith, John Travolta, the Blues Brothers, James Bond and a giant chicken. They were all there for Songfest, the biggest and last event of Greek Week - a week devoted to celebrating sororities and fraternities and raising money for local charities.
As gas prices rise to record heights, a Michigan legislator hopes his bill could help ease the burden on drivers.