The abandoned hotel building at 1100 Trowbridge Road in East Lansing sits at the gateway to the city of East Lansing from US-127 and I-496, and less than a quarter-mile west of the entrance to MSU’s campus at Trowbridge and Harrison.
A $132 million development project that would see two 12-story structures raised on Grand River and Albert Avenue properties was formally proposed Wednesday morning and informally presented to the Planning Commission later that night. The "Center City Project" is being developed by Richmond, Ill.-based developer Harbor Bay Real Estate Advisors on properties owned by the Brad and Greg Ballein, who also own Student Book Store and other properties in East Lansing.
Former MSU employee Lawrence Nassar pleaded not guilty to 23 charges at 55th District Court in Mason on Thursday morning.
Former MSU employee Larry Nassar has been charged with 22 additional counts of criminal sexual assault, first degree, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said in a press conference Wednesday. Criminal sexual conduct is a felony punishable by up to life in prison for each charge, according to a press release from Schuette.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and MSU Police Chief James Dunlap will hold a press conference to provide an update on sexual assault allegations against former MSU employee Larry Nassar. The press conference is set to begin at 2:30 p.m. and will take place at the Department of Attorney General in Lansing.
A representative for the developer of the Park District project spoke to East Lansing City Council at Tuesday’s discussion-only meeting about the current timeline for demolition and the revised plans for the project, leaving council updated but still skeptical of the unfolding plans.
MSU Board of Trustees Chairman Brian Breslin announced in a statement at the Board of Trustees meeting on Friday that MSU hired Patrick Fitzgerald, a former federal prosecutor and United States attorney, to provide guidance on the former MSU employee Larry Nassar case.
Long before there was Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat to communicate, there were whiteboards. However, the days of the whiteboard are now over as MSU is banning them.
Velvet A Candy Store, an ice cream, fudge and candy shop located next to Bruegger’s Bagels on Grand River Avenue, announced in a Sunday night Facebook post that their East Lansing location has closed. Velvet had been in operation since July 2015.
Each of the last three years has set a new record for hottest year in recorded history, according to studies by multiple government agencies. According to NASA, the Earth’s surface has warmed by more than 0.5 degrees Fahrenheit through the past three years, the largest three-year temperature increase in recorded history leaving parts of the MSU community tied to environmental research and scrutiny worried about the future.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and members of the Board of Trustees addressed several controversies and the current campus climate surrounding MSU at Friday morning's Board of Trustees meeting.
It was a long night in room 116 of the Eppley Center, where ASMSU met this past Thursday night. Despite the length of time ASMSU met, there was not a lot achieved.
A forum with the goal of educating and mobilizing voters to end partisan gerrymandering drew a capacity crowd at East Lansing High School’s cafeteria Sunday afternoon. ‘Gerrymandering’, or the practice of legislatures drawing congressional districts with the goal of disenfranchising opposing voters, has become a much-hated political practice whose detractors say essentially renders elections pointless.
One year ago, outdated water piping caused a health crisis in Flint. That crisis was emblematic of a larger national problem with water infrastructure, and geography assistant professor Elizabeth Mack said consumers are likely to bear the cost for necessary infrastructure upgrades.
At approximately 1:50 a.m. on Feb. 4, East Lansing Police Department Officer Travis Bove was driving northbound on Abbot Road near Rick's and as he drove by he observed a possible fight.
When studio art professor Ryan Claytor started studying for his master’s degree in art at San Diego State University, he was worried his preferred field of art, drawing comics, would not be considered artistic enough for graduate school professors.
At the request of East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows, an ordinance draft put forth at the (date) Planning Commission meeting would allow four bars exempt from the city’s 50/50 rule to maintain their “grandfathered” status should they relocate or renovate. The 50/50 rule is an ordinance enacted by East Lansing City Council in the 80’s that requires businesses that sell alcohol to generate at least 50 percent of their revenue from food sales.
In a nondescript building in Lansing, the MSU Police Department K-9 Unit gathers with their nine dogs and seven handlers for eight hours of training every other week. These drills range from practicing tracking to finding narcotics and drugs to practice aggression drills.
After learning about the allegations of sexual abuse against former MSU faculty member Larry Nassar, MSU alumna Catherine Hannum sent an email to MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon detailing her interactions with Nassar. MSU has not reached out to past Nassar patients, according to Hannum’s letter.
Four people were arrested Friday after the MSU Board of Trustees meeting, Captain Doug Monette of the MSU Police Department said.