While the race for mayor in Lansing was a six-month campaign, the city might not have as much time to brace itself for future state cuts. And after months of fierce campaigning and public arguments, Mayor Tony Benavides and state Sen.
Members of Caring About Kids and the Michigan Family Independence Agency will auction, raffle and sell donated items today to benefit Ingham County children in foster care.
The Otherwise Gallery will host musical act The Rachanee at 7 p.m. Friday. The concert is part of the eclectic music program of the nonprofit gallery, located at 1207 Turner St.
Fifteen police officers and one regional loss-prevention manager united on campus this week to learn more about crime-prevention techniques and bring resources back to their communities around Michigan.Randy Tripp, associate director of the Michigan Drug Abuse Resistance Education Training Center, said the weeklong session is the first time this type of basic prevention school has been in Michigan."Having police officers come in gives them additional skills to recognize situations in their community," Tripp said.The MSU School of Criminal Justice Five-Day Basic Crime Prevention School began Monday and will continue through Friday, addressing a variety of different topics from a multi-faceted approach.Presentations are based on problem-solving, stimulating communication skills, public-speaking skills, problem-based learning and technical assistance from a community-based focus, Tripp said.The school was organized by The Michigan Regional Community Policing Institute at MSU in partnership with the Crime Prevention Association of Michigan.Despite the opportunity offered to statewide law enforcement officers, security personnel, school resource officers, crime-prevention practitioners and private-industry personnel, only 16 of the 24 available spots were filled for the training session.Officers from the Detroit, Flint and Grand Rapids areas were in attendance, but no local officers had registered to attend weeklong crime-prevention school."There's many different reasons why there may not be as many local people here," Tripp said.
From staff and wire reports Traverse City - Early releases of prison inmates and a freeze on hiring state troopers were among the surprises Gov.
MSU students who hope to study abroad but want a taste of it before committing to an entire semester will have another option.A new week-long program in Nicaragua will be offered through the MSU Office of Study Abroad starting in the spring.
MSU assistant hockey coach Tom Newton and his wife Eve will make their debut as grillers from 6 to 9 p.m.
Representatives from ASMSU will present recommendations for the party-noise ordinance at today's East Lansing City Council meeting at 7:30 p.m.
When MSU forestry Professors Donald Dickmann and Larry Leefers began teaching a class about Michigan's forests seven years ago, they realized there weren't any textbooks available to paint a complete picture of forestry in Michigan."When we started teaching the course, one thing we recognized early on was there was no book written that dealt with forest ecology specifically in Michigan," Leefers said.
Bills regarding college mergers and an explicit T-shirt were presented during Tuesday's ASMSU meeting.Officials from MSU's undergraduate student government plan to announce concerns about lack of student involvement in a decision to downsize the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.ASMSU officials will follow the lead of the college's own student government, the Student Senate, which recently passed a bill to show its opposition to the merger.The departments are set to combine because of budget difficulties.The bill said ASMSU would issue a statement to college officials, Provost Lou Anna Simon and MSU President M.
MSU, ranked No. 1 in the country for supply chain management, and China, the largest emerging market in the world, will converge in discussion at the first annual Broad China Supply Chain Forum on Friday. The forum "Supply Chain: China's New Growth Engine" will be held from 8 a.m.
About 300 hunters sporting orange hats and camouflage rallied at the state Capitol on Tuesday, encouraging legislators to make Michigan the 40th state allowing mourning dove hunting. With the sportsmen anxiously packed in the gallery above the House floor, the bill was passed 64-44 in the state House.
Last week brought in the most money for Burt Shapiro's restaurant since he bought the suffering calzone eatery in August.
The East Lansing Public Library is encouraging residents to participate in "Drummunity" from 2 to 3 p.m.
Parents looking to get their children involved in reading can head to the East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbott Road, and join Books & Bagels, a discussion group geared at children in grades four and five.
World War II veteran paratrooper and Muskegon resident Joseph Beyrle will share his experiences as a paratrooper at the annual Veterans Tribute on Sunday.
Essayist and fantasy writer Jacqueline Carey will give a free reading of selections from her work at 7:30 p.m.
Fareeha Shuttari's father used to call the family to break fast by banging a spoon against a metal plate.