642 S. Francis Ave., Lansing: The front door and some windows are covered over with peeling plywood, and the front of the home is overgrown with weeds. The boarded-up front door, and the window next to it, where Lansing Code …
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Todd Heywood
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11/10/22
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The coronavirus pandemic landed at the perfectly wrong time for Greg Kigar, who started working with the Lansing Lugnuts in early March 2020. He went around the office introducing himself for less than two weeks — and the rest of his colleagues he had to meet on Zoom. ...
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Sam Easter
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11/10/22
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LANSING – A $34.9 million cleanup of heavily contaminated Muskegon Lake and White Lake in West Michigan is estimated to have recovered $16.4 million in lost housing value for nearby homeowners, …
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Elaine Mallon
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11/7/22
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A solar-powered boat has recently emerged on the Kalamazoo River that can even run through the night after the sun fully charges it. The Lilypad rental …
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Anastasia Pirrami
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11/7/22
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LANSING – As warmer-than-average growing seasons caused by climate change become more common, they bring new invasive species to Michigan. “Insects that like warm weather are finding that Michigan is becoming more and more life-sustaining than ever before,” ...
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Sarah Atwood
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11/7/22
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FRIDAY, Nov. 4 — A candidate for the Haslett Board of Education is under fire for a July 2 post on Facebook that is being blasted as transphobic. Terry Goldberg posted a cartoon on his …
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Todd Heywood
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11/4/22
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THURSDAY, Nov. 3 — Three self branded ‘conservative’ candidates for the Grand Ledge School board obtain nearly 25% of their campaign funding from Haslett residents Terry and Valerie …
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Todd Heywood
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11/3/22
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Toward the bottom of every November election ballot sit the candidates for judges in local courts. These nonpartisan races rarely get headlines because judicial ethics prevent judicial candidates …
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Todd Heywood
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11/3/22
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Mac’s Bar used to be a dark and dingy place. The watering hole almost felt like a portal to the land of grimy, long-gone punk rock clubs like CBGB in New York City. But the …
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Sarah Spohn
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11/3/22
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The city of Lansing has red-tagged this boarded-up property. The backyard is surrounded by a dilapidated wooden privacy fence. The second-floor window on the back is completely gone, while …
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Todd Heywood
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10/27/22
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Pay increases for teachers, “right-sizing” and educating students caught up in the juvenile justice system are among the issues of concern to the candidates for the Lansing Board of …
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Todd Heywood
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10/27/22
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Fifty years ago, just like today, Michigan voters were faced with perplexing decisions in the upcoming election. In addition to Richard Nixon facing off against Sen. George McGovern for president, …
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Bill Castanier
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10/27/22
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Old Union Depot, 637 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing
Locals will recognize this week’s Eye Candy as Clara’s, a popular restaurant on Michigan Avenue for nearly 40 years before closing …
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James Knarian
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10/20/22
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MONDAY, Oct. 10 — A candidate for the Grand Ledge Board of Education is defending himself against allegations of domestic violence, anger control issues and abuse found in his second divorce …
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Todd Heywood
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10/14/22
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Lansing native Russell Hilding, who died at age 100 last year, was the last surviving Buchenwald Airman. He left behind a trove of memorabilia.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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10/13/22
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Gail Thompson sat in front of her home on Alpha Street in Lansing’s Second Ward Sunday afternoon. Gail’s husband, Raymond, delivered her hot chocolate while she conducted a garage …
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Todd Heywood
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10/13/22
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Lansing might not be known as “Beer City, USA” like our friends on the west side of the state, but the 517 area still has a plentiful assortment of locally made craft beers and breweries ...
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Sarah Spohn
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10/6/22
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A long six years ago, the East Lansing Food Co-op was trampled, like a rare mushroom, in a slow-motion stampede of competing health food and specialty food stores. It was a sad …
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Lawrence Cosentino
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10/6/22
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This week’s Eye for Design (above) used to house an arcade. If you know which building it is, send an email to knarianj@mail.lcc.edu and you could win an Eye for Design mug! …
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James Knarian
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10/6/22
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In his career as an educator, Lansing Community College President Steve Robinson has been a great many things. One of them, though, has not been a historical preservationist — until …
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Dawn Parker
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10/5/22
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