Since last June, when Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed the bill to allow mourning dove hunting in Michigan, the Committee to Restore the Dove Shooting Ban has been working to reverse the law. The committee submitted more than 275,000 petition signatures to the Michigan Bureau of Elections on Monday.
The East Village Planning Team isn't quite done defining their master plan. Although the group assembled Tuesday, it did not vote on the plan, stating it was still incomplete. "We are getting to the point when we would have a polished plan," said Jim van Ravensway, East Lansing planning and community development director.
East Lansing Deputy Chief Tom Wibert knows what it's like to be a college student. He got his master's and bachelor's degrees from MSU and has four college degrees total.
It's kind of a pain to park here on the week days. No matter where you park, it seems like you get a ticket anyway. Chris Bell film studies sophomore They're pretty blatant about raising (ticket) prices.
People might be able to cast an absentee ballot at their local county clerk's office in the week before a primary or general election if a bill introduced by Rep.
As a large crowd gathered outside of Buffalo Wild Wings, 360 Albert Ave., after the basketball games Sunday evening, general manager Aaron Weiner said there were no security concerns inside. "Everything was very positive," Weiner said. In East Lansing, most of the businesses were closed for Easter Sunday, including Woody's Oasis Bar & Grill, 211 E.
The Lansing Area Safety Council will offer CPR and pediatric first aid training for area residents and daycare workers from 6 p.m.
A 22-year-old Illinois man was found dead at about 11 p.m. Sunday in front of the parking ramp on the corner of Washtenaw and Townsend streets in Lansing, said Lansing police Detective Sgt.
The East Village Planning Team, comprised of landlords, property owners and East Lansing officials, might vote on a master plan to guide the overhaul of the area at 5:30 p.m.
A March 18 accident that killed John Allen Hawkins, 46, was one of the first and largest incidents in which an MSU vehicle was stolen, officials said.
As children glared at the dark, squishy fields of Nancy Moore Park on Saturday, they primed to search for plastic eggs. Parents, on the other hand, prepared for a hunt of their own - to find their children in the mass of about 500 participants. Guardians clenched their children's hands as pressure mounted under the setting sun at the Okemos park's Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt. The scavengers jumped up and down to keep their feet warm and planned with their peers, who would later become their enemies. When the siren blared, the small hunters darted out into the crowd, leaving many parents behind.
Pope John Paul II has been in the prayers of the parishioners at St. John Student Parish, 327 M.A.C. During Mass, the Catholics pray for the 84-year-old leader to get healthy. The pope, who has been in the position for 26 years, has several different roles.
Harmful species such as killer shrimp and monkey gobies might hitchhike to the Great Lakes on ships traveling through the St.
Deputy Chief Tom Wibert has been appointed as the new East Lansing Chief of Police, City Manager Ted Staton released Wednesday. Wibert will fill the position May 2 when Chief Lou Muhn retires. Wibert joined the East Lansing Police Department in 1985 and was appointed Deputy Chief in 2000. He holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, a master's degree in education and a master's degree in public administration. His father was an East Lansing Police officer and his grandfather was a Lansing Police officer.
Two men have been charged on multiple counts in the 6th Judicial Circuit Court in Oakland County in relation to a Jan.
With both MSU basketball teams advancing to the Sweet 16, university and city officials are focusing on raising awareness about responsible celebration through flyers and meetings. The flyers, detailing the consequences of participating in or watching a riot and publicly consuming alcohol, were put together by Olin Health Center and distributed throughout the city and on campus. "We don't want people to think the norm is that everyone gets drunk and is out of control," said Dennis Martell, Olin Health Education Services Coordinator. The flyers use information from a 2003 survey of social and academic life, conducted by MSU's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research.
People interested in donating their organs could have the front of their driver's licenses or ID cards stamped with a heart logo beginning in 2007 if a bill passed in the Senate is made law. Introduced by Sen.
A censorship debate sparked by an underground, conservative newspaper at East Lansing High School continued Tuesday when the editor said he will distribute the paper against school policy. The administration halted distribution of the independent newspaper last week and said it stands behind a district policy requiring all publications to be approved by the principal as official organizations with adult advisers.
A Marshall man is held in jail with no bond after he was charged Tuesday in East Lansing's 54-B District Court with murder, stealing a motor vehicle and drunken driving in relation to an accident early Friday morning that killed an Okemos resident. Alexander Hamil, 19, was arraigned Tuesday afternoon in front of Judge Richard D.
In the battle for the hearts of health-seeking Americans, cereal manufactures offer lower-sugar sweetened cereal, but experts say the new versions are almost nutritionally unchanged. At the request of The Associated Press, nutrition scientists from five universities looked at cereals offered by both General Mills and Kellogg's and found that calories, carbohydrates, fat and fiber did not change significantly. The lower-sugar option was offered because there was a demand from consumers, said Shelly Dvorak, spokeswoman for General Mills, which lowered sugar content in its cereals, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Trix and Cocoa Puffs. "We had consumers writing in and calling in for reduced-sugar options," Dvorak said. But although reducing sugar in the cereal, carbohydrates had to be added, Dvorak said.