Businesses benefit from E.L. Art Festival
Local businesses took advantage of the throngs of people that invaded the downtown area for the East Lansing Art Festival, seeing an increase in commerce this weekend.
Local businesses took advantage of the throngs of people that invaded the downtown area for the East Lansing Art Festival, seeing an increase in commerce this weekend.
Outside the Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, Transportation Center Monday morning, as cars and buses passed by, a group of Lansing community members stood by the side of the road.
East Lansing City Council will continue its discussion about the due-diligence process for City Center II Tuesday at 7 p.m.
MSU’s campus can seem empty over the summer due to more than 22,000 students missing from daily life.
Out of a field of more than 1,100 applicants, two MSU students, along with 280 other recipients from across the country, were awarded the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
MSU lacrosse attacker Mac Ensley had a thrill last week when one of his goals made it on ESPN’s SportsCenter.
When Barb Michaels’ nephew Danny Arksey was killed in an accident six years ago, she was not ready to let him go.
Years ago, political science professors Paul Abramson and Ada Finifter made a pact — depending on which of the friends passed away first, they promised to write each other’s lifelong memoir. At the age of 73, Finifter died on October 29, 2011 after a two-year battle with multiple myeloma.
After about four and a half hours of tedious test taking early Saturday morning, Kaz Knight finally walked out of Sylvan Learning Center, 2500 Kerry St., in Lansing, a free man.
Eyes were intently locked on MSU alumnus Jack Dempsey as he discussed his first book, “Michigan and the Civil War: A Great and Bloody Sacrifice,” at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School Brennan Library on Wednesday as part of his two-day Michigan Notable Books Tour appearances.
Even though they’re opening their doors during a time many MSU students travel back home for the summer, the new location of Sultan’s Restaurant, 235 Ann St., has not had any problems selling their popular chicken shawarmas and fresh-squeezed juices, owner Bassam Mahmoud said.
Ross Hill believes his bicycle saved his life. Six years ago, the Lansing resident was riding his speciality 1888 highwheeler and was struck by a vehicle from behind.
A clash between what some call religious freedom and others call discrimination is making its way through the Michigan House of Representatives, as a bill regarding counseling students prepares to hit the House floor. A bill introduced by Rep.
This weekend, J.J. Robison and a few other members of the Spartan Ski Club will say goodbye to the office that was home to the group for more than 40 years.
MSU is partnering with Dr. Ben Carson High School in Detroit to give high school students a taste of what the medical profession is all about.
After about six months of searching, more than 160 applications and rigorous interviewing, Sharon Butler was named MSU’s new assistant vice president of human resources.
Along with many other artists coming to East Lansing this weekend for the 49th annual East Lansing Art Festival, nine eclectic, local bands, including the East Lansing High School Jazz Band, also will make an appearance. The East Lansing High School Jazz Band has been playing in the ELAF for over 25 years, East Lansing Art Festival Program Coordinator Corinn VanWyck said. “The quality of programming in music we have in East Lansing is great for tying in those roots of our community and showing how we support the students,” she said.
Some know residents of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, or U.P., as nothing more than Yoopers, but at a recent Marquette County Board of Commissioners meeting, there was an effort to have their voice be heard.
Tuesday night, East Lansing City Council met with Strathmore Development Co. President Scott Chappelle for the first time since the council voted in favor a pre-development agreement on the City Center II project. In a previous meeting, the council had agreed to allow Chappelle to begin demolition of a building located at 303 Abbot Road, provided he complete a due-diligence report.