MONDAY, Dec. 5 — With $2.5 million in past-due lease payments for The Heights dragging the Lansing Township budget rolls into a significant deficit, the Board of Trustees will consider a debt elimination strategy tomorrow night that could “right the ship” …
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TODD HEYWOOD
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12/5/22
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THURSDAY, Dec. 1 — Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum confirmed today that she is beginning to lay the groundwork for a recount of all of all voting precincts in Lansing. The move comes …
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Todd Heywood
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12/1/22
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This first weekend of December is a great time to get out and enjoy all the city has to offer before holiday shopping, family gatherings and inevitable snowstorms derail plans for much-needed free …
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Nicole Noechel
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12/1/22
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THURSDAY, Dec, 1 — Former director of the Office of Faith Based Initiatives in the city of Lansing Bishop David W. Maxwell has died. He was 66. Maxwell came into the mayoral administration of Virg Bernero in January 2005. …
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Todd Heywood
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12/1/22
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Carol Siemon told voters in Ingham County in 2016 that she wanted to bring a new way of seeking justice through prosecution. They rewarded her with a four-year term as Ingham County prosecutor, and …
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Todd Heywood
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12/1/22
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TUESDAY, Nov. 29 --- Ingham County Circuit Judge Wanda Stokes has dashed the hopes of six former or current City of Lansing employees who sued in August 2020 alleging racial discrimination. …
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Todd Heywood
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11/29/22
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LANSING – In the course of 11 days, a device dating back to 234 B.C. successfully captured 704 fish and lifted them into a collection basket as part of a project to determine if the method could be used in the future to move fish across dams without injury, …
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ELAINE MALLON
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11/28/22
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An aerospace engineering team at the University of Michigan is researching hybrid-electric aircraft to dramatically reduce carbon emissions. The U-M aviation program will follow a design similar to the way hybrid-electric cars use batteries. …
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ANASTASIA PIRRAMI
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11/28/22
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LANSING – Rock climbing might be a new tool for conserving the public land that bolsters Michigan’s annual $20 billion tourism industry. The sport is gaining traction as outdoor enthusiasts look to experience nature …
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CAMERYN CASS
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11/28/22
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This year’s 38th Annual Silver Bells in the City celebration was jam-packed with festive events to get Michiganders in the holiday spirit. Event organizers said about 25,000 people attended. The event kicked off with the 25th Annual Electric Light Parade,
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Nicole Noechel
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11/24/22
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Apartments are out, but a rooftop restaurant and bar are in the latest plan for a three-story downtown performing arts center as the Lansing City Council appears poised to approve up to $20 …
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Todd Heywood
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11/24/22
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As president of Lansing Community College, Brent Knight was known for scooting around campus on a golf cart. So it seems appropriate that in retirement he is living next to a golf …
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Jayden Hewitt
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11/24/22
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A historic home on Moores River Drive is receiving the TLC it deserves. New owners Holli Seabury, executive director of the Delta Dental Foundation, and her husband, Mark, a chemist at Pratt & …
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James Knarian
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11/24/22
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 23 — Minutes after Ingham County Prosecutor Carol Siemon announced her retirement, 30th Circuit Judge Rosemary Aquilina criticized her anew for not putting public safety first.
“I am looking forward to a prosecutor who will follow the law and protect public safety,” Aquilina said in a telephone interview. ...
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Todd Heywood
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11/23/22
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 23 --- Ingham County Prosecutor Carol Siemon, 66, is retiring from the office Jan. 1, halfway through her second term.
Siemon was the first woman elected to serve in that office. And at times, she was controversial. Some of her policies and practices raised the ire of the Ingham County sheriff ...
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Todd Heywood
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11/23/22
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LANSING – Advocates are pushing for ballots to be in several languages and for more translation services at state agencies and other initiatives to expand language access in Michigan. …
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Janelle James
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11/21/22
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LANSING – Michigan is among a very few states still requiring high school students to take the writing portion of the SAT college admissions test. Removing the requirement passed the state House 104-1 last March, …
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Janelle James
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11/21/22
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THURSDAY, Nov. 17 --- The snow was flying, cars were honking and Starbucks barista Tristian Gauthier,20, was watching it all as she spoke with City Pulse this moring about the strike against …
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Todd Heywood
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11/17/22
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16 — A Lansing man accused of neglecting his adult son with Down’s Syndrome leading to the man’s death has had his plea arrangement with the Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office vacated by Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina. ...
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Todd Heywood
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11/16/22
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It’s Saturday morning. Julia Miller is in what was the sanctuary of a former church on Lansing’s east side — now The Fledge, a nonprofit community center — overseeing a …
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Todd Heywood
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11/16/22
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