MSU COVID-19 vaccine drive-thru operation to close on June 8
Ingham County's partnership with MSU for vaccine distribution at the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education comes to a close on June 8.
Ingham County's partnership with MSU for vaccine distribution at the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education comes to a close on June 8.
Restaurants and bars state-wide can return to normal hours starting June 1.
The East Lansing Farmer's Market opens on June 6 and will run until Oct. 31.
“Every one of the measures the Biden team has proposed makes sense,” MSU professor Wolfgang Bauer said. “It will also lay the foundation for decades to come where our economy is going to bloom and we’re going to be much more competitive internationally.”
By a vote of 87-11, the majority of the University Council voted in favor of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Local activists, Black Lives Matter members and the organizers of the event spoke on the racial injustice faced by the Black community in the city of Lansing on one year death anniversary of George Floyd.
Due to the COVID-19 health regulations, the weekend will be put on virtually through a Facebook live stream. On Saturday, June 6, there will be a video shown with interviews from six individuals who have lost loved ones to gun violence.
City Manager George Lahanas presented a plan of realignment of the ELPD during a City Council meeting in July 2020. The document suggested changes in several areas, including staffing and adding alternative positions like social workers. The Tuesday meeting touched on the progress made in these areas, as well as the shortcomings in others.
The exact date for reopening has not been announced yet.
According to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of EMS, Trauma and Preparedness, there are 28,820 EMS providers, 812 support agencies and more than 3,867 licensed life support vehicles in Michigan alone, a press release said.
“I’m running because I feel like we deserve leadership that represents us and demands solutions to issues, like climate change is a big one for our generation, class inequality, racism, just countless other issues,” Diedrich said. “I feel like people deserve change that will boost their quality of life.”
Gov. Whitmer was caught on camera breaking her own health regulations after the recent update on May 15.
The Detroit Police Department is in search of ex-Michigan State University basketball star Keith Appling.
Whitmer announced that starting June 1 all outdoor capacity limits will be lifted and only retain a 50% capacity limit on indoor establishments.
East Lansing City Council held a meeting on Tuesday, discussing the successful location of a missing person, as well as the parking and motorcycle issues in downtown East Lansing.
Valerie O'Brien has been charged with an OWI, operating while intoxicated and was arrested on Feb. 10. As a detective, O'Brien was involved in a 2014 Title IX investigation into now convicted ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar's sexual abuse.
The Greater Lansing Democratic Socialists for America (DSA) organized the demonstration to show solidarity with Palestinians and to encourage Slotkin to vote for House Resolution 2590, a house resolution conditioning U.S. aid to Israel, Alexander Sahouri, one of the organizers of the event, said.
Five people were injured in an East Lansing shooting on May 16, including one confirmed MSU student.
Evan Yaney, a 13-year-old Grand Ledge resident, was one of the first children to receive the vaccine through Sparrow this morning. Evan was diagnosed with leukemia at two years old and battled against it until he was seven, according to his dad, Kent. Evan was Sparrow’s Miracle Child in 2012.
MSU President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. continued to ask the community to get a vaccine, wherever they are.