At 18 years old, Gaston Garcia came to the U.S. from Argentina with a backpack and $300 in his pocket.Now at 25, he has set up clothing stores in Miami, Orlando, Fla.
As a former FBI agent, U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers said visiting a doughnut factory was a special moment. Rogers, R-Brighton, and U.S.
A new restaurant called Sansu will be opening the first week of February, giving East Lansing residents a different place to dine on Japanese cuisine. The restaurant located at 4750 S.
Cool Waves, a Miami-based fashion store which sells club apparel, will open at 10 a.m. Saturday morning at 115 E.
The Unitarian Universalist Church, 855 Grove St., will host Myron Eshowsky for a free public lecture at 6 p.m.
The Potter Park Zoological Society will host its third annual Wildlife Book Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Those wanting to learn how to avoid becoming a victim of identity theft can do so at 1 p.m. Monday at the community room in the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety Building.Cheryl Smith from the Detroit division of the Postal Inspection Service will be talking about the topic, which is cited as the leading consumer scam perpetrated in the United States.For more information contact Mike Lee, customer relations coordinator for the U.S.
Students cruising down Abbott Road are encouraged to drop in for citywide birthday bash. The East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road, will celebrate its first birthday on Saturday from 1-4 p.m.
A jewel on MSU's campus could soon be buried.The closure of Spartan Village Elementary School is included in a 25-point plan announced Monday by East Lansing Public Schools Superintendent Tom Giblin which he hopes will help the district overcome a projected $4.2-million shortfall next year.
Some MSU education students are learning by teaching - volunteering their time to contribute to an East Lansing tutoring program. The program takes place on Wednesday evenings, from 3-5 p.m.
City council members searched for answers Tuesday to why less people are parking in East Lansing.
The Lansing Police Department is looking for two men posing as police officers.Last week, two Lansing residents were approached by the men who flashed badges and said they were searching for counterfeit money, taking money from the victims.They seem to target older citizens and are described as very convincing.
Lansing - The city council is looking for applicants to fill a third-ward council member vacancy after council President Tony Benavides officially resigned from his position and became mayor on Tuesday.
Capital Area United Way attorneys are expecting to recover only a small percentage of the at least $1.9 million embezzled over the past seven years. Attorneys for the chapter have arranged for former finance chief Jacquelyn Allen-MacGregor to sell some of her assets.
President Bush will be in Grand Rapids today to deliver a speech on health care issues. Bush is scheduled to arrive on Air Force One at Gerald R.
East Lansing will welcome a new sandwich shop next month along with a retail clothing store filling the void left by businesses on Grand River Avenue.Roly Poly, a Georgia-based sandwich company, has already opened a store in Okemos and is coming to the MSU community by mid-February, co-owner Russ Horton said.
Katie Kerekes is pleading for East Lansing officials to keep Spartan Village Elementary open."It really is an amazing place," the MSU intern at the elementary said.
Totals for the revenue earned from parking ramps and meters throughout East Lansing are expected to exceed the anticipated totals by "a couple thousand," officials say.City officials will find out how much money parking earned at a city council work session at 4 p.m.
After losing five businesses in a month, Grand River Avenue will see two new shops open soon.A retail clothing store specializing in resort and vacation clothes is taking over the 9,300-square foot vacancy left by Tower Records, 115 E.
Capital Area United Way President Bob Berning intends to resign after a $1.88-million embezzlement scandal.In a statement released Monday, Tom Chirgwin, chairman of the Capital Area United Way's board of directors, said Berning will submit his resignation from the chapter at a special meeting Feb.