A faulty underground cable knocked out power in parts of East Lansing and closed down the intersection of Albert Avenue and Charles Street for an hour today.
Michigan’s new presidential primary date of Jan. 15 is on hold after an Ingham County Circuit Court judge found the legislation to be unconstitutional.
Carl Grimes, an MSU junior reserve wide receiver, was sentenced to three days in jail Monday after pleading guilty to violating the terms of his probation.
A wallet containing $15 and multiple forms of identification was stolen from the purse of a 29-year-old student on Monday while she was in the Music Practice Building, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
A recent MSU graduate and a pair of experienced leaders will help usher East Lansing into the future through 2011. Diane Goddeeris, Nathan Triplett and Roger Peters will join Mayor Pro Tem Vic Loomis and Councilmember Kevin Beard on the East Lansing City Council after the three were elected to four-year terms during Tuesday’s City Council elections.
Lawyers clashed over whether the state’s gay-marriage ban prohibits same-sex domestic partner benefits Tuesday before the Michigan Supreme Court.
A lane shift was implemented on westbound Michigan Avenue near Harrison Road on Tuesday, so city officials could repair an 8-inch water main break that occurred near the intersection.
Pete Fleck, upon coming to MSU, knew that he would most likely go somewhere else for graduate school. He knew he wanted to eventually become a pharmacist, and MSU doesn’t have a pharmacy program.
Since a stroke temporarily paralyzed MSU jazz studies professor Wess Anderson this summer, the music he played all his life has helped bring him back to health.
MSU police have determined that a report filed by a student who said she was assaulted twice in the same night is false.
MSU police are investigating whether the attempted assault of a female by an unknown suspect Monday is related to three other attacks in the past three-and-a-half weeks.
In 1976, Coleman Barks was handed a book of scholarly translations from poet Robert Bly and told “these poems need to be released from their cages.”
A student attending Saturday’s football game was punched in the face twice after being harassed by a 24-year-old student, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Student leaders and faculty members have been contacted by the university regarding actions that allegedly violated the university’s anti-discrimination policy.
East Lansing residents will have the opportunity to determine the city’s next generation of leaders today during the 2007 City Council elections. The event features four candidates — incumbents Beverly Baten and Diane Goddeeris, and challengers Roger Peters and Nathan Triplett — vying for three vacant four-year terms.
The MSU College Democrats will be storming the dorms until 8 p.m. today encouraging locally-registered students to vote in East Lansing’s City Council elections, while the MSU College Republicans encouraged students to attend the ASMSU-sponsored East Lansing City Council Forum on Oct. 22.
Four years after he was “outed” and honorably discharged from the military, former human intelligence collector Alexander Nicholson said he began speaking out about the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
Michigan Republican lawmakers and business leaders came a step closer to abolishing a 6 percent sales tax expansion on services Thursday.
A Lansing district court judge forwarded five charges against accused serial killer Matthew Macon to circuit court Monday, including two counts of open murder.
While Saturday’s late-game collapse at Spartan Stadium left fans with an empty feeling, local police said Monday that jails were full with hearty partiers this past weekend.