East Lansing police officers will be leaving on a jet plane - for the Ukraine.As part of Project Harmony’s Community Connections program, officers Marc Smith and James Campbell will be leaving Feb.
Lansing - Skateboarders and skaters are one step closer to getting their own skate park - but bikers may be out of luck. Residents gathered Wednesday to talk about the progress of Ranney Skate Park, 300 Frandor Ave.
The Ingham County Health Department has kept track of E. coli levels in the Red Cedar River for four years, but has just now started to work out what is contributing to the problem.And while the Red Cedar is just one small river in the middle of Michigan, the issues of its health coincide with the state’s efforts to develop a general plan to protect Michigan waterways.“Water and the Great Lakes literally define Michigan,” said Matt Resch, spokesman for Gov.
In February, women will have a chance to learn more about financial management. Jane Fahey, president of Fahey Financial Inc. will present “Taking Control: A Financial Management Workshop for Women” on Feb.
Lansing - Dart Auditorium at Lansing Community College was packed Tuesday, but Yolanda Botello was one of the lucky few to have a seat. She could hardly sit still. Botello was one of more than 500 proud parents who filled the auditorium to watch their children receive an opportunity of a lifetime. Five hundred Lansing-area sixth-graders received the Helping Other People Excel Scholarship, granting them two years of paid tuition at LCC, providing they graduate from high school. “I was so excited when I found out,” said Botello, whose son Thomas is a student at Dwight Rich Middle School in Lansing. “I have five children.
Jen Hubinger doesn’t own a car. The child development junior said she prefers to walk, but isn’t always happy with drivers.“Some drivers, when the signal to walk flashes, turn right even though I have the right of way,” she said.The city is examining a proposal to place several crosswalks between Bogue Street and Hagadorn Road on Grand River Avenue.Approximately 30,000 vehicles travel on Grand River Avenue daily, said John Matuszak, the city’s engineering administrator.“We are aware of the problem pedestrians have had and not only that, the roadway is fairly poor,” he said.The area is under review by city officials who are considering painting crosswalks, adding pedestrian lights and replacing sidewalks with 6- and 8-foot pathways.If the project gets a green light, it is estimated to cost $550,000 and may not see completion until 2004.
Lansing - If Michigan Democratic Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin have anything to say about it, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will remain closed to oil exploration, leaving Americans looking elsewhere for fuel.For their efforts in protecting the refuge and their opposition to drilling in the Great Lakes, Stabenow and Levin were awarded the Arctic Defender Award by the Mackinac Chapter of the Sierra Club in a ceremony Monday.“The senator has stated numerous times that he opposes opening the refuge to drilling,” said Levin’s spokesman Eric Weber, who accepted the award.
Lansing - Like many people, Lansing resident Selene Pryor grew up thinking Kmart would never go away. But recently, Pryor has rethought the permanence her weekly trip to the store at 5400 S.
The Hannah Community Center blends classrooms and lockers from the past with modern computers and shining green floors.New wood trim surrounds glass cases on the second-floor lobby, where the work of local artists will be put on display, and wrought iron railings and lighting were installed to keep with the building’s original 1926 design.All of the center’s features, new and old, will be open to the public to view during its grand opening at 5:30 p.m.
Lansing- Mayor David Hollister and Combined Van Lines Inc. officially began construction Tuesday on the company’s new home.Combined Van Lines already maintains two facilities in the state capital, but will consolidate its operations in a 31,000-square-foot facility to be built on a vacant site at the end of Seager Street.The site, a brownfield, has been vacant for more than 40 years because of slag from nearby railroad tracks.
Gov. John Engler, in his final State of the State address at 7 p.m. today, is expected to promote his new HiSpeed Internet plan, talk of increased health care coverage and discuss the state’s ailing budget.Engler will be pushing for changes to Medicaid that will provide coverage to an additional 200,000 Michigan citizens.
Lansing Parks and Recreation Department will meet at 7 p.m. today about Ranney Skate Park, the area’s first free skate park.
The Motor City could be making new kinds of motors if the goals Gov. John Engler reveals at tonight’s State of the State address are reached.State officials say Engler hopes to lure more high-tech businesses involved with fuel-cell technology to the state.
Liquor resellers can now point and click for their products.The Michigan Liquor Control Commission and the Department of Information Technology has developed a price quoting Web site for liquor suppliers.Suppliers can now send in price quotations and commission staff can view the Web sites to determine whether products meets federal standards.The system, launched last week, is also part of the state government’s initiative to create more Internet commerce in Michigan.
Lansing - The Unity in CommUnity Forum met Sunday and welcomed new members from Grand Ledge, DeWitt and Haslett. For four hours, more than 50 people divided themselves into different rooms of the Union Missionary Baptist Church, 500 S.
Audiology freshman Abbey Smith hasn’t been at MSU for a year, yet she already has developed a less-than-favorable impression of the Red Cedar River.“I always see garbage in it, especially over here by Brody (Complex),” she said.For many students like Smith, the river presents a generally bad impression, but health officials now are starting to piece together a less obvious problem with the Red Cedar.
No-preference freshman Janee Steele arrived at the MSU College Democrats meeting without completely knowing what was in store. “I just wanted to kind of see what they were about,” she said.
The Violence Policy Center will award one student $3,000 in the first “Alexander Hamilton Second Amendment Student Writing Competition.” Contestants must write an article, essay or law review about the Second Amendment and the decision of the U.S.
Leaders of the Diocese of Lansing Office of Black Catholic Ministry don’t want money for Martin Luther King, Jr.
The former site of Pro Bowl East has been vacant since August. But the spot at 2757 E. Grand River Ave.