The battle with AIDS is not over.Between 800,000 and 900,000 Americans are infected with HIV. The Ingham County Health Department, the Mid-Michigan District Health Department, Lansing Area AIDS Network (LAAN) and Planned Parenthood of Mid-Michigan are joining forces to ensure HIV counseling and anonymous testing is available from 7:30 a.m.
More than 300 people spent Sunday morning honoring the memory of Bob Forsythe and raising money for The Listening Ear Crisis Intervention Center.The event, Bob’s 5K run/walk, raised about $10,000 for The Listening Ear, with 295 runners and 80 volunteers.
DELTA TOWNSHIP - The Michigan State Police on Friday opened the doors to its new state-of-the-art forensic science laboratory on Canal Road. The new 82,710 square-foot facility came with a $23.5 million price tag and replaces the lab’s old offices, which were housed among six different buildings at the state police headquarters compound on Harrison Avenue in East Lansing since 1932. Together, the old offices constituted about 15,000 square feet.
The Sparrow Regional Cancer Center is sponsoring its seventh annual National Cancer Survivors Day on Saturday.
Lansing’s Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Michigan does more than just love seeing people smile.The house provides comfort to those who need it badly.This year alone, the Lansing house has provided a place to stay for 220 out-of-town families whose children were in the hospital.On Saturday, the facility, at 121 S.
Your cell phone might be crying wolf without your knowledge.Lansing police Lt. Ray Hall said the department is now receiving many false emergency calls from cell phones.“This year, for the first time, we experienced receiving more cellular 911 calls than from normal phones,” he said.
East Lansing will travel back in time Friday to celebrate a Michigan tradition. The East Lansing Historical Society will kick off the first of four East Lansing Cream Ale Parties from 7 p.m.
Energy companies could soon have permission from the state Legislature to drill for oil and natural gas under Michigan’s portion of the Great Lakes. The topic has led to bitter debate along partisan lines since the state Senate passed two bills on the subject, 20-13, in May - all in favor being Republicans and all opposed being Democrats.
The Greater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau has a new, state-of-the-art Web site it hopes will attract more people to the Lansing area.
HOWELL - He’s only been in office six months, but U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers is hopping onto the campaign trail a little early - and he’s getting a little help from a friend. Vice President Dick Cheney joined the Brighton Republican for a $1,000-a-plate fund-raiser in the congressman’s district Monday evening. “It’s funny - the other night I said to my wife, ‘Guess who’s coming to dinner?’” Rogers said.
There will be a changing of the guard at the MSU College of Social Science. Marietta Baba is expected to be named the new dean of the College of Social Science at the MSU Board of Trustees meeting Friday.
Paul Loeffler has been volunteering for the National Folk Festival in East Lansing for the past two years and said the perks can’t be beat. Loeffler and his wife, Linda, Williamston residents, have volunteered as loggers for the festival, archiving the music and information about the musicians and their songs. Loeffler said volunteers get a “nifty” T-shirt, preferred parking, water and snacks, the chance to meet the band members and an invitation to the volunteer meal and bash at the end of the festival. “It’s a steal for a volunteer to put in a four-hour shift for what they get out of it,” he said.
MASON - Barb Kanuth felt like an artist instead of a middle school principal Friday when she received her wish from the WKAR Wish Board. Kanuth, principal at Hope Middle School, 2020 Park Lane in Holt, bid on a wish from the MSU television station’s wish board auction to make pottery with local artist Doug DeLind. Earlier this year, DeLind created wooden statue silhouettes of several members of MSU’s men’s basketball team to commemorate their success in the 2001 NCAA Tournament. The WKAR Wish Board is just one of the categories in the broadcasting station’s auction to raise money for public television.
The East Lansing City Council on Tuesday will discuss an application for Troppo to build a second-story addition.Kris Elliott, the restaurant’s owner, said he wants to build an addition with a combination of indoor and outdoor seating.“The business demand has been adequate,” he said.
It’s almost inevitable.If you own a telephone, there’s a good chance the phone has rung just as you sit down for a relaxing evening meal.And the person on the other end probably isn’t your best friend or a relative calling to inquire about your day.
Haslett - Bats are nocturnal creatures, but the sun didn’t keep them from showing off for local residents Saturday afternoon during the Organization for Bat Conservation’s third annual Open House.
If it were up to U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, Canadian garbage would be kept out of Michigan’s dump sites.
What are big, brown, 12 inches long and make people scream? Bats, of course. And there’s no better place to learn about these peculiar nocturnal creatures than at the Organization for Bat Conservation.
It’s going to be a tight race as five Lansing residents vie to fill the one city position that most interests them.“They all seem to have experience and most, at least, seem to be pro-voter,” said Mark Grebner, who works for East Lansing-based Practical Political Consulting, 220 Albert Ave.The field of five will be narrowed to two during the city’s Aug.
Sondra Hamilton, like many other MSU students, doesn’t wear a helmet when she is riding her bike. “I don’t think I am going a far distance, so it isn’t really an issue,” the human biology sophomore said while riding her bike in downtown East Lansing. But some bike safety advocates say wearing a helmet is important no matter where you go.