Hundreds of schoolchildren from across the state flooded the Capitol Monday to celebrate Michigan's 167th birthday. The students, along with coin collectors, watched as Gov.
Granholm address to Mich. airs live Tuesday Granholm will deliver her 2004 State of the State address Tuesday from House Chambers at the Capitol. The governor will speak to the Legislature about issues of the past year and is expected to propose a prescription drug discount card and a job creation plan. This year will mark Granholm's second State of the State address after being sworn in to office in January 2003. The speech is not open to the public but will be broadcast live at 7 p.m.
Delta Twp. - A dark war with one of Michigan's deadliest tree killers rages on as surveying crews wearing bright orange vests mark trees with orange spray paint. The Michigan Department of Agriculture is fighting the spread of the emerald ash borer beetle - a tiny, metallic-green insect that wreaks havoc on ash trees while feasting on their sapwood - by employing its Emerald Ash Borer Task Force to mark infected trees for future removal. Last week, the team branded ash trees in a half-mile wide swath of land near Saginaw Highway in Delta Township.
As Carol Brito walks around her Linden Street home, every room is a source of pride for her. Although she said the kitchen floor needs to be replaced and the walls need painting, Brito couldn't be happier with her new purchase.
The MSU Federal Credit Union is steadily seeing green. Last year, the university's credit union became one of only two in Michigan to reach $1 billion. Of 439 credit unions in the state, MSU's became only the second institution, after the DFCU Financial Federal Credit Union in Dearborn to reach $1 billion. Patrick McPharlin, president and CEO of MSUFCU, said the milestone officially passed in July, but was not surprising. "It's just a matter of mathematics," McPharlin said.
City officials are hoping a new ordinance will curb a local street problem - the number of speeders. The East Lansing City Council voted Tuesday night to approve an ordinance that would reduce the required width of local residential streets from 30 feet to 28 feet. "The city has a neighborhood traffic program that noticed a lot of residents have complained about speeding," said Tim Rayner, city traffic engineering administrator. The new ordinance will not affect already constructed streets but will apply to all public streets built in the future.
Two of the nation's largest automakers announced plans this month to recall more than 3 million cars assembled in the late 1990s, potentially affecting many drivers at MSU. On Jan.
Dimity Palazzola can't wait for the Michigan Democratic caucus - it's the first time in a presidential race she will be old enough to have a say. "I've always been following politics and looking forward to when I could vote," she said. "I wished I could have voted in the last election.
The Michigan Department of Transportation opened bids Wednesday for the Capitol Loop project in downtown Lansing.
Lansing Mayor Tony Benavides will deliver his State of the City address at 7 p.m. Monday in the Oldsmobile Room of the Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant's Building 66.
Fire officials determined that the furnace was to blame in an East Lansing house fire that left four MSU students homeless early Thursday morning. But the owner of the house at 142 Milford St., Evert Kramer, disagrees.
Some Michigan legislators are trying to make Michigan a contender for professional boxing matches.
Although there are almost three weeks left until Michigan's Democratic caucus, officials already are predicting that voter participation might be the largest in recent years. As of Thursday, the Michigan Democratic Party had processed about 23,000 applications to vote by mail or online, according to Mark Brewer, executive chair of the party. Brewer said the number of applications already has exceeded the total amount of votes in three of the past five Democratic caucuses.
The East Lansing City Council will hold one of its bimonthly meetings on campus tonight, offering students an opportunity to voice their concerns to city officials. The event, held three times a year at the beginning of semesters, will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Just a day before the exhibit's opening, Katie Cavanaugh carefully pinned brightly colored woven clothes to a display at the Michigan Women's Historical Center & Hall of Fame while she explained how she got them.
The Michigan Women's Hall of Fame honors more than 200 women for their distinguishing qualities and accomplishments.
Wednesday will mark the third time the offspring of a 2004 Democratic presidential hopeful visits MSU, as Wesley Clark Jr.
If one state lawmaker has his way, smoking sections in restaurants could become a thing of the past. Sen.
Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth announced on Monday his plans to seek a fifth term with several goals in mind.
John Fournier isn't spending this weekend roaming the streets of East Lansing for a house party.