As the peak of flu season approaches, students should take more precautions in the coming weeks, health officials say. Flu infections are expected to peak during the last week of January and the first week of February, said TJ Bucholz, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Community Health. Normally, it is in the middle of January, he said. "We don't really know why," Bucholz said.
The Department of State offices will close for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, and Presidents Day, Feb.
The East Lansing City Council tossed around the idea of shortening the time a rental overlay district can remain untouched by new zoning petitions at Tuesday's work session. Questions from residents about changing the "no tamper" duration at the Jan.
The MEAP, for high school students at least, is no more. Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a bill Jan.
While senior citizens in Charlotte are making crafts and baked goods, local businesses and places of worship are urging others to donate money - and it's all for the same cause. Area residents and businesses still are contributing to the hundreds of millions of dollars the United States has sent to victims of the tsunami in Southeast Asia and southern Africa. Members of the Islamic Center of Greater Lansing, 920 S.
For Rep. Leon Drolet, R-Clinton Township, former president Ronald Reagan has important ties to Michigan. Drolet said Reagan's connections include accepting the republican nomination for president at the 1980 Republican National Convention held in Detroit and the Democratic and Republican supporters he had in Macomb County during his terms. "His popularity knew no party," Drolet said.
The East Lansing Public Library will have a children's program from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.
In its first victory in a two-year effort to ban race and gender-based preferences in university admissions and government hiring and contracts, The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative submitted a petition of more than 508,000 signatures to state election officials Thursday. MCRI began the petition effort in response to the U.S.
On Grand River Avenue Monday afternoon, a fleet of metallic soldiers were in the middle of warfare. They glared menacingly across a dark stone canyon at their enemies, who stood ready to obliterate them with laser cannons. But the warriors were only two inches tall and kept under glass as part of a new battle scene diorama at 21st Century Comics & Games, 515 E.
MSU could be one of several colleges to receive a pilot program to help pregnant college students continue their education without having an abortion. The Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act was signed by Gov.
The East Lansing Public Library will host a session called "Go Fish!" at 7 p.m. today that teaches how to create a saltwater aquarium. Taught by David Annis, who has years of experience with saltwater aquariums, the event will explain how to design an aquarium, what kinds of fish and equipment to buy and how to properly care for one. The program is free to the public.
All was quiet on the MSU and East Lansing crime front this winter break as students went home and temperatures dropped, police officials said. At MSU's Department of Police and Public Safety office, there were no criminal complaints documented from Dec.
Working out side-by-side on stationary bikes at East Lansing's Powerhouse Gym, friends Michael Nye and Brandon Scott are staying true to their New Year's resolutions to get in shape. The MSU College of Law students are two gym members who help make January busy as new memberships skyrocket at local gyms after the holiday season. Rob Caputo, an employee at Powerhouse Gym, 435 E.
After a three-week break, MSU students and faculty traveled back to East Lansing on Sunday with few problems from the weekend's snowstorm.
With three other stores in the Lansing area, the East Lansing Gap permanently closed in December. East Lansing city officials said its downtown establishment, 435 E.
During break, the East Lansing City Council officially designated the East Village blighted. The council approved a motion to deem the properties, which include Cedar Village, an area of community rehabilitation, revitalization and renewal, with a vote of 4-1. Comprised of 35 acres, the blighted area is bounded at the north and south by Grand River Avenue and the Red Cedar River, and on the east and west by Bogue Street and Hagadorn Road. "We are trying to provide many tools to redevelop the area," said Tim Dempsey, the city's community and economic development administrator. The designation makes the city more attractive for state incentives, like financial help, Dempsey said. While the city plans to use the title as a tool, some students feel it might have a negative impact. "We aren't in support of being included in that area," said Cody Dawson, vice president of external relations for the Interfraternity Council.
Shakespeare might soon have to hang his collared tunic at another address. The BoarsHead Professional Theatre, 425 S.
As Lansing and East Lansing officials move toward creating a technology center to attract high-tech businesses, similar centers in the state are already seeing positive results. Commonly referred to as SmartZones, the technology hot spots are located in 10 other Michigan cities, including Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids. Both SmartZones were established in 2002, officials said. The Grand Rapids SmartZone is located downtown and is working with 15 new businesses, said Susan Shannon, Grand Rapids' economic development director. Success has come through partnerships between the city, medical facilities and Grand Valley State University, Shannon said. "That core group has partnered very closely to bring all the resources necessary to the area," she said.
In an attempt to maintain their coolness factor, or become a "Cool City," local Michigan officials gathered Thursday at the Lansing Center for a community development workshop. The seminar, "Tipping to Cool: Next Steps in Linking Culture, Community and the Economy" is a continuation of the "Cool Cities" initiative began by Gov.
The portion of Coolidge Road north of Grand River Avenue, which has been closed to southbound traffic in previous years, opened as a two-way road on Tuesday. Traffic can now turn off Saginaw Street onto Coolidge Road to travel south to Grand River Avenue.