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MSU

Power outage affecting East Lansing and MSU

MSU police are reporting a power outage affecting campus Thursday morning, according to an MSU Alert. For the third day in a row, MSU has had to respond to an infrastructure issue. On Tuesday, a faulty pipe caused 800 gallons of sulfuric acid to spill out of the MSU Power Plant.

MICHIGAN

Whole Foods Market prepares to open with vendor event

Wintery and at times blustery conditions were not enough to keep East Lansing residents from showing up in a crowd of hundreds to Whole Foods Maket’s Party for the Planet event on Saturday at the parking lot of the newly constructed Whole Foods Market. Whole Foods Market, slated to open on April 13, held the gathering of 20 local Michigan vendors and charities to showcase to the community its products and commitment to serving the residents it will hope to call regular customers. Following days of nearly summery weather the event happened to fall on winter's last kick before spring.