The Michigan legislature approved about $163 million in federal funding for improvements to Michigan airports Tuesday, including $8.6 million for Lansing’s Capital Region International Airport, said Leslee Fritz, spokeswoman for the Office of the State Budget.
Some MSU campus locations and East Lansing restaurants are pulling tomatoes from the menu after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration began warning consumers Saturday to avoid eating certain types of raw tomatoes because of salmonella detection.
The East Lansing Wastewater Treatment Plant was forced to make an emergency bypass of sewage and rainwater into the Red Cedar River on Sunday, after severe weather over the weekend caused it to lose power for almost 24 hours.
A purse was stolen out of a 1998 Chevrolet Venture in the parking lot of the University Club on Saturday between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Tuition for the 2008-09 academic year will increase about 7 percent, a decrease from last year’s tuition jump of 9.6 percent, according to a member of the MSU Board of Trustees.
East Lansing City Council members voiced concerns about City Center II’s impact on traffic during its work session Tuesday.
The June 12 “Construction Junction” will provide members of the MSU campus and surrounding community to ask questions and share their opinions on planned campus construction.
While most would agree that being pulled over by a police officer is not enjoyable, getting pulled over by a person impersonating a police officer could be worse.
MSU’s Grand River Avenue parking ramp earned Granger Construction Company the 2008 AON Build America Award for their involvement in the project.
Spurts of warm weather amidst recent severe storms have allowed for students and East Lansing residents to be outdoors, enjoying and exercising in the sunshine. But the news of clear, warm days aren’t as welcome to the area’s fitness centers and exercise classes, however, as attendance and enrollment lower with the season.
As a result of the weekend’s storms, a power outage occurred at the East Lansing Waste Water Treatment Plant, forcing the plant to make an emergency bypass of sewage and rain water into the Red Cedar River, said Todd Sneathen, director of Public Works.
The storm that hit the Lansing area Sunday was declared a tornado, according to the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids.
Authorities shut down a westbound lane of Saginaw Highway near Coolidge Road as a result of a utility pole that caught on fire.
Gretel Rutledge remembers her life with her husband by a list of plays. A professor emerita of theater, she worked beside her husband Frank Rutledge, a professor emeritus of theater, to make MSU’s Summer Circle Theatre a campus tradition.
Prices of parking permits on campus for faculty, staff and students will rise 19 percent for next year, said Lynnette Forman, MSU parking operations manager.
While some East Lansing residents were worried about spoiling food in their refrigerators, or figuring out how to survive without air conditioning, Emanuel Hackel was worried about getting enough oxygen.
East Lansing residents could benefit from continued quality public services due to a tentative agreement the city and one of its labor unions reached peacefully.
Collin Porteus planned on moving to California after graduation, but after developers and Lansing city officials announced the creation of a new film studio in downtown Lansing last week, he’s not feeling the same rush to leave the state.