Lansing - A little-known defensive driving course might be an alternative to paying ticket fines and gaining driver’s license points. The course, offered by the Lansing Area Safety Council, lasts four hours and costs $35.
With hopes of gaining customers and a fresh look, Subway is closing the doors at its West Grand River Avenue location to relocate to the City Center Condominiums building in downtown East Lansing.The restaurant has outgrown the west-end location at 124 W.
About 30 police officers, employees and citizens were honored Thursday for their bravery and dedication to East Lansing.The city’s police department held its annual awards ceremony in the Albert A.
A $1.8 million pavement patching and grinding project to take place on US-23 was announced Thursday by the Michigan Department of Transportation. The highway improvement venture, scheduled to begin next week, will be focused in the Brighton area south of I-96 to Silver Lake Road. Both northbound and southbound US-23 will be subject to continuous single-lane closures until mid-October and transportation officials recommend motorists seek an alternate route. In an effort to stave off any added congestion during weekend traffic, road work will not take place after 3 p.m.
Teenagers from East Lansing will have a voice in city functions and government by organizing youth oriented activities and reviewing council decisions.East Lansing’s Department of Parks and Recreation appointed 10 officers from East Lansing High School and MacDonald Middle School to the Teen Advisory Council for the Youth Action Team last week.The team provides input on local planning, policies and ordinances affecting youth in the city to improve communication between youth and adults, while planning activities for families in the community.They also oversee teen programming for the Hot Spot Teen Club in the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road.The team was formed by city officials, school administrators and community members in 1998.“This is a group of very bright and community-minded young adults,” said Kathleen Miller, coordinator for the Youth Action Team.
East Lansing families will once again adopt 40 to 60 MSU students this school year. The kick-off for the Adopt-A-Floor program, sponsored by the Community Relations Coalition and MSU’s Department of Residence Life, is from 4:30-6 p.m.
Tom Izzo is no stranger to being ranked in the Top 20. But Wednesday, the MSU men’s basketball head coach wasn’t talking about hoops.
Lansing - Free legal advice can be heard flowing out of a small office in a local courthouse while people wait in the hall to enter the room with a handful of papers. Two desks, two computers and at least one attorney is the basic hardware that makes up the free Legal Assistance Center called Access To Justice, located in the Veterans Memorial Courthouse, 313 W.
Defendants no longer have the right to use drunkenness as an excuse for committing a crime, under a law enacted this week by state lawmakers. The law prohibits those on trial from using voluntary intoxication as a defense in murder, child abuse, breaking and entering, armed robbery and assault and battery cases.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jennifer Granholm unveiled a scholarship program she’ll try to implement if elected governor. Granholm, the state’s attorney general running against Lt.
An 8-foot, 2-ton steel beam from one of New York’s fallen World Trade Center towers will serve as a permanent memorial in Jackson starting Sunday. State Sen.
Entering Jason Miller’s East Lansing apartment, college student nostalgia is everywhere. But instead of a poster of John Belushi hammering a bottle of whiskey, his walls are adorned with maps. Yes, maps.
About one month before election day, students will have the option of skimming through yet another book full of information - but this one won’t set your pocketbook back any further. MSU’s undergraduate government, ASMSU, has been working to release a voter guide aimed at informing students and area residents on the candidates running for statewide office Nov.
Lansing - Despite rainy weather, families filled Potter Park Zoo Monday to celebrate summer’s last hurrah. Starting today, the facility will return to fall hours which run from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
East Lansing police officers could be a guest at large parties this fall. Wearing plain clothes, officers will attempt to locate parties where alcohol is being illegally sold or provided to minors. Police also hope to curtail incidents of fighting, date rape and larcenies, officers are visiting large parties to make sure they are under control, police officials said.
A local youth employment service hopes to gain a new perspective by appointing two MSU students to its leadership board. English senior Ericka Sudo and building construction management freshman Peter Linsmeier were appointed to fill vacancies on the Youth Development Corporation’s 24-member board last month.
East Lansing city council member Beverly Baten will look through the eyes of an East Lansing police officer when she suits up for East Lansing Police Department’s fourth annual Citizen’s Police Academy.
Law enforcement officials statewide will enforce a zero-tolerance policy for drivers who fail to buckle up during Labor Day weekend. MSU police are taking part in “Click it or Ticket,” a statewide effort encouraging people to buckle up.
When Jenny Kish drives to Mackinaw City with her church group this weekend for the Bridge Walk, she hopes to dodge as many orange construction cones as possible. But relief from the road work that plagued Michigan roads during the summer could be in sight for Kish and more than a million others who are expected to take to expressways this weekend.
Trailing by 13 points in the latest EPIC/MRA poll, Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus has gone on the offensive in his bid to become the state’s next governor.In the campaign’s first political advertisement since his victory in the August primary election, Posthumus attacks Attorney General Jennifer Granholm’s stance on a proposal passed in 1994 that increased state sales taxes while reducing property taxes.