In size, the East Lansing Food Co-op is a mere speck compared to the more than 180,000 square feet that makes up the Meijer in Okemos. But it, along with other small grocers in the area, still draws students and locals in on a daily basis.
MSU has more than 170 green light emergency phones strategically placed around campus, but in an age dominated by cell phones, the practicality of the emergency phone system may be waning.
In a bipartisan vote last Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to defund the Drug Enforcement Administration’s crackdowns on state-legal medical marijuana patients, caregivers and dispensaries.
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Artists were challenged with creating a work of art that would “be functional, while also adding an artistic element to this every day piece of public infrastructure,” according to the art commission website.
Instead of enforcing a quiet reading environment, the East Lansing Public Library is encouraging its guests to speak in their language of choice.
The amendment would make changes to the current property maintenance code of the City of East Lansing. The changes would affect how the city addresses renting violations.
The effects of media censorship by the Chinese government have reached far beyond China's borders — at MSU, they have forced some professors to rethink the format of their online classes.
Howard Russell, an entomologist with Diagnostics Services at MSU, said ticks and lyme disease are about to become a bigger concern for Michiganians, even in areas like Lansing and Detroit.Russell said there is no one reason why tick populations are on the rise in Michigan, but Russell wonders why the increase did not happen sooner.In the past, Russell said he never got calls in the lower peninsula asking for advice on how to avoid ticks. Now, calls from lower Michigan are becoming more common.
As 300 same-sex couples legally married in Michigan on March 22 continue to be stuck in legal limbo, a lawsuit that would require the State of Michigan to recognize the marriages is moving forward.
MSU's Energy Transition Plan committed the university to reduce emissions 65 percent from 2010 levels at the T.B. Simon Power Plant by that year.
Lansing Township filed suit against Lansing Board of Water and Light, or BWL, earlier this month over payment for a storm drain needed to correct groundwater contamination issues.
The consequence of increased incarceration isn’t just more people housed in the prisons, it means more public dollars are going there too.
Sous Chef Jim Cummings and his staff at South Pointe dining hall worked for weeks to perfect their two chili recipes.
Instead of traveling far away to explore new sites, Greater Lansing residents were encouraged to be tourists in their respective towns Saturday.
East Lansing residents may have recycled a record volume of materials for the 20th anniversary of Recycle! East Lansing, according to city officials.
East Lansing's train station on Trowbridge Road is due for an update this summer, but the site still remains quiet.
Each Saturday behind Fire Station No. 1 on Abbot Road, $5,000 bikes are given to those in need.
The East Lansing planning commission's Wednesday night meeting discussed the site plan and special use permit of a project dubbed "The Gateway."
These quirky, creative individual stories all came together in different, unique ways — in a real twist of fate.