Plans for Costco Wholesale’s new East Lansing location are now one step closer to fruition. The East Lansing City Council approved an agreement with Meridian Township on Tuesday, settling the debate over a $1.5 million tax increment financing deal.
The MSU Board of Trustees held their last meeting for the Fall 2016 semester on Friday morning. Along with saying goodbye to former Trustee, Diann Woodard, who was not reelected to the board in the Nov. 9 election. Here are some of the highlights from the meeting.
A rally intended to implore Michigan’s Electoral College to reject President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled for noon Monday at the Michigan State Capitol.
East Lansing City Council voted unanimously to ban smoking in city parks, plazas and recreational facilities at its meeting Tuesday, on the heels of MSU’s tobacco ban put in place this year.
Police are currently looking for two males in connection with a possible robbery attempt that occurred at Azzi Jewelers near Frandor Shopping Center in Lansing according to an alert sent out by East Lansing police.
New details arose Thursday in the assault case of former MSU football player Demetrious Cox.
MSU opened its first health clinic outside of the Lansing area on Nov. 29 in honor of a former College of Osteopathic Medicine faculty member.
Tucked away in downtown East Lansing, surrounded by housing and a comic book store on Albert Avenue, stands Saper Galleries — one of several art galleries downtown aiming to bring art and culture to the city.
A bill was passed in the Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday that would change a first minor in possession (MIP) charge from a criminal offense to a civil infraction.
Dozens gathered outside Conrad Hall Wednesday night to protest conservative speaker Milo Yiannopoulos.
It was a Wednesday afternoon when human biology junior Brandon Halmaghi was in Ann Arbor touring the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. Just four hours later, he would be back in East Lansing, grappling with his best friend’s death.
The Spartan Statue was plastered with posters containing negative speech towards Muslims and others Tuesday night, MSU Spokesperson Jason Cody confirmed.
A development company composed of MSU students and an alumnus has won three East Lansing startup competitions since the beginning of November, netting $11,000 in funding among other resources.
Despite an ongoing court battle, Michigan’s recount effort is underway. At the request of Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein, recounts are in progress or being disputed in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, three battleground states closely won by President-elect Donald Trump in the Nov. 8 election.
After an hour and a half of public hearings and lengthy discussions, East Lansing City Council unanimously approved the site and brownfield plans for a Costco Wholesale in the city.
At 10:35 p.m. Tuesday night, an MSU alert was issued warning of an armed robbery in East Lansing.
Three men were involved in a break-in at a residence in the Timberlake Apartment complex in East Lansing early Tuesday morning, East Lansing Police Department Sgt. Chad Pride said. Pride said the incident occurred at 3 a.m. on Tuesday and said the victim of the break-in indicated that the suspects had one weapon in their possession at the time of the crime.
Since Nov. 8, when Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, three bias incidents have occurred on campus, MSU Police confirm.
A Monday rally at the Capitol Building in solidarity with the Standing Rock Pipeline protests took on a different tone following the surprise Sunday night announcement that the Dakota Access Pipeline, or DAPL, would be rerouted. Despite the last-minute victory, many attended the Michigan Stands with Standing Rock event, originally intended to show solidarity on ‘eviction day,’ as protesters were told to leave their camp by Monday.
Former MSU basketball player Mateen Cleaves was released after the judge found no sufficient probable evidence in his sexual assault case.