Police will increase safety belt enforcement on Michigan roadways during the Labor Day weekend as part of the Click It or Ticket program. It is the first time there has been a statewide enforcement effort during the Labor Day weekend since 2001.
Customers who sue restaurants claiming the food they ate contributed to weight problems may face an uphill battle on winning lawsuits. A recent trend by many states passing similar laws could get the ball rolling for Michigan's version of the bill, but some lawmakers say they shouldn't be the ones who regulate. A bill designed to keep fast food restaurants from paying damages for weight gain, obesity, or health conditions.
Eric Berryman rummaged through heaps of multicolored footwear piled high atop folding tables Wednesday in search of a pair of PF Flyers.The Cyclotron operator came to Sherman Shoes, 539 E.
Inside the yellow cardboard face of SpongeBob Squarepants are samples of tampons, Ramen noodles and condoms.
Lansing - The Lansing district of the Michigan Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday afternoon as part of a continuing struggle to place Ralph Nader on the 2004 presidential ballot. A suit was filed Monday after the Board of State Canvassers deadlocked last week, 2-2, on accepting the nearly 50,000 signatures, collected mostly by Republicans, to put Nader on the ballot as an independent presidential candidate.
Damages from an oil fire at Spartan Oil Corp., 419 Spring St., in Lansing on Monday could cost thousands of dollars, company President Bruce Maguire said. No one was hurt, although one employee was in the storage facility when the fire started, said Bruce Odom, public information officer for the Lansing Fire Department. Spartan Oil's 70 employees returned to work Tuesday without stopping service to the company's 5,100 customers.
On-campus valuables, particularly bicycles, have been disappearing from dorm rooms at a high rate this Welcome Week. At least 17 bikes were reported as stolen on campus between Aug.
The case attempting to place Ralph Nader on the Michigan presidential ballot as an independent candidate will be heard at the Lansing district of the Michigan Court of Appeals at 1 p.m.
An oil fire in Lansing during the Tuesday afternoon rush hour stopped traffic and sent smoke into the air that was visible for several miles. The fire at Spartan Oil Corp., 419 Spring St., in Lansing, severely damaged a 4,000-square-foot motor oil storage facility.
Lansing - Democratic congressional candidate Bob Alexander held a rally at the office of Rep.
A group of East Lansing bicyclists are pedaling across Michigan toward the Mackinac Bridge to raise money for bicycle-related organizations and causes. The 34th annual "Dick Allen Lansing to Mackinaw" bicycle tour, organized by the Tri-County Bicycle Association, began today at the MSU Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education. East Lansing resident Roger Simkin was one of 30 participants from East Lansing. "I have been doing this for 12 years," Simkin said.
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, will visit Lansing on Friday, said John Kerry presidential campaign spokesman Rodell Mollineau. Time and location have not yet been determined. Edwards is active in the Wade Edwards Foundation, which was named for her 16-year-old son who died in a car accident.
As research continues on the patterns of the emerald ash borer, local environmental organizations are cutting down damaged ash trees in two Ingham County townships. The destructive Asian beetle has infected trees in Meridian and Delhi Townships, and is believed to have infected six to 10 million trees in the heavily infested areas of southeast Michigan, forest and entomology Professor Deb McCullough said. McCullough is part of a research effort with scientists from The Ohio State University and Canada that studies habits of the ash borer, looking at development habits, dispersal and flight patterns, possible insecticides and methods of trapping and control. Much of McCullough's work was done in the Ann Arbor area during the last few months, because they're "really getting clobbered by ash borer this summer," she said. The ash borer's larvae kill the tree once getting under the bark. As of July 15, 13 southeast Michigan counties have been under a quarantine, making it illegal to transport ash materials, including firewood, out of the area, said Tim Flint, the Michigan Department of Agriculture emerald ash borer response coordinator. Ingham County is part of the quarantine, but only the eastern edge of the county falls within a core area considered to be the most heavily infested.
Nick Potocki and his neighbors have a mutual understanding. When the off-campus mechanical engineer senior has a party, he warns his neighbors.
Legal briefs are due today in a second lawsuit to put Ralph Nader's name on the presidential ballot in Michigan. Last week, Michigan's Board of State Canvassers voted 2-2 on whether it should accept nearly 50,000 collected signatures, mostly from Republicans, and place Nader on the ballot as an independent candidate.
"It doesn't influence my vote, but I think it influences a lot of other people's. She does have some power in the office and the issues she picks up.
Southfield - "I love Teresa" buttons shook on the fronts of hundreds of shirts at a Southfield church Thursday afternoon, as a mostly female crowd cheered for Teresa Heinz Kerry. The potential first lady sat in the center of a semi-circle of five floral armchairs at the Hope United Methodist Church for a roundtable discussion about health care, jobs and the ideals of Heinz Kerry's husband, presidential candidate John Kerry. Heinz Kerry first spoke of the need for accessible health care for all citizens. For a household to not have health care is "not acceptable, not fair, and it's morally not right," Heinz Kerry said.
Local business owners are adapting to a sudden increase in sales as thousands of MSU students return to East Lansing for the fall semester. Joe Orlowski, store director at Steve & Barry's University Sportswear, 515 E.
MSU students and East Lansing residents began a new chapter in the "One Book, One Community" program Wednesday.
New, fully-furnished apartments with features similar to East Lansing's Northern Tier complexes are now a step away from MSU's campus. Campus Village, located a block from Brody Complex on Michigan Avenue, was completed at the end of July.