Dansville — Joshua Pinkelman's life was hanging by a thread from the moment he was born eight years ago. His parents, Keith and Aimee, helplessly watched as Joshua experienced multiple seizures and went the first 20 minutes of his life without oxygen.
The monthlong One Book, One Community program will kick off with an evening with Susan Carol McCarthy, author of "Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands." The event starts at 7:30 p.m., Aug.
A trial-like hearing will take place Sept. 17 in the case of Judge Beverley Nettles-Nickerson, who was suspended from the bench June 6 by the Michigan Supreme Court. Nettles-Nickerson was suspended with pay after a formal complaint was filed by the Judicial Tenure Commission on May 16. The complaint cited 10 counts of improper conduct by the judge, including allegations of fabricating evidence and making false statements.
Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, part of Kaplan Inc., will host a free Law School Insider Seminar for prospective law school students.
State data will become more accessible with a little help from Google. Google Inc. now is working to put 200 online databases from Michigan's Web site on its search engine. The makeover, which is free of charge, should make it easier for people to look up state information, such as road closings and statewide Michigan Education Assesment Program, or MEAP, scores on the search engine. "Our mission is to make as much information available to users as possible," said Katie Watson, a Google spokeswoman. The data is only available on the state's Web site. People often search Google for information on new state programs or what roads aren't open, Watson said. When people can't find it on the search engine, it reflects badly on Google, she said. "A big incentive for us was if this information wasn't available, it was the search engine's fault," Watson said. But when people perform a search on the state's Web site, they're sometimes bogged down with massive numbers of pages, said Kurt Weiss, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Information Technology. For instance, MEAP scores are spread throughout 25,000 pages. But using Google as a search option should eliminate that problem, creating more specific, user-friendly pages, Weiss said.
Summer Schriner knew Old Town, in Lansing, was missing something. So when it came to starting another business in the area, she filled the void when she opened Grace, a women's clothing boutique, 115 W.
"Expecto Patronum!" yelled the boy with the black, horn-rimmed glasses and familiar scar. With a swoop of his wand, the dementor slowly backed away. No, it wasn't Harry Potter who cast the dementor-repelling spell.
East Lansing residents will have a chance to address East Lansing City Council members about the Avondale Square Neighborhood Development, also known as the Virginia Avenue project, at Tuesday night's work session. The session will be held at 7 p.m.
About 800 people packed into Schuler Books, 1982 W. Grand River Ave., in Okemos, on Friday night for the release of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series, counting down until midnight when the first copy would be sold. The release party for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," by J.K.
Break out the pretzels and partisanship - it's round two of the Democratic presidential candidate debates. The Democratic National Committee will hold the first of six planned, DNC-sanctioned debates between the party's presidential hopefuls live from 7-9 p.m.
The Summer Food Program for Children provides free breakfasts and lunches for children ages 18 and under.
Daniel Ortega-Pacheco heard a bundle of stories about international students' struggles as an MSU International Students Association board member last year. Ortega-Pacheco, an agricultural economics graduate student from Ecuador, said Americans don't often understand the difficulties international students face. "What people don't see is these international students are running short on money, just like any other college students, they're homesick and they're miles and miles away from their families," he said. A series of meetings between international students and local businesses look to strengthen the connection between the business community and MSU international students. Led by the MSU Office for International Students & Scholars Director Peter Briggs, the meetings are part of the OISS effort to ease the struggles of international students coming to a new country, school and home. "We want to make sure our international students feel welcome here and that we improve some of the entry pathways for these students into more aspects of the community," Briggs said. International students contributed more than $90 million to Lansing's economy in 2006, according to the Institute of International Education. Last week's meeting was a brainstorming session between international students and CEOs of six local companies, he said.
Lansing — Michigan will soon be producing a new type of ethanol - not from corn but from trees. Gov.
If the Michigan Legislature wants to raise taxes, Leon Drolet wants lawmakers to pay - with their jobs. Despite the fact that no major vote to raise taxes has been made in the Legislature, the Michigan Taxpayers Alliance has been holding seminars across the state to inform voters of their ability to recall a lawmaker, said Drolet, who serves as chair of the organization. "We're having recall boot camps to train citizens about the rules and techniques involved in recalling elected officials," said Drolet, a former state legislator and current Macomb County commissioner. Michigan is one of 18 states that allows its citizens to recall an elected official, or remove and replace them before the end of their term.
Michigan could see new water-use regulations under a proposal that could be introduced into the state House of Representatives as soon as Wednesday. Under the proposal, bottled water companies would need a permit to siphon 100,000 or more gallons of water per day from Michigan's lakes and streams.
The Kiwanis Club of East Lansing took the city under its wing Thursday. Its chicken wing, that is. The 50th annual chicken barbecue, hosted by the Kiwanis Club of East Lansing, joined the city's ongoing centennial celebration to form the Chickentennial barbecue at Patriarche Park, 1100 Alton Road.
Downed trees and power lines were the result of a Thursday storm that lasted about 15 minutes in the East Lansing area. When it was over, East Lansing resident Tom Wawitzke saw branches had fallen on power lines on his front lawn. "My power is barely on because the line is just hanging three feet off the ground," Wawitzke said.
Being on the road doesn't always mean sitting in a car. Bicycling provides riders with transportation and health benefits. It is a major cardiovascular exercises because it uses many muscle groups, said Jim Pivarnik, a professor of kinesiology and epidemiology.
East Lansing may soon know how green its residents are - energy-wise, that is. In an effort to measure environmental attitudes, Richard Bernsten, an MSU professor from the Department of Agricultural Economics, and his students surveyed 360 East Lansing residents on topics ranging from energy-saving appliances to recycling. The students now are compiling the data and Bernsten plans to turn over the findings to the city by September. "If you want to change behavior, you have to know where people are," Bernsten said.