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Eyesore of the Week
906 Prospect St., Lansing A red-tagged property at 906 Prospect St. has extensive damage, including parts of the roof that are caved in. The home’s three-car detached garage …
Entertainment returns to Brenke Fish Ladder with the opening of Fish Ladder Music Park
The giant crane he rented wasn’t going to cut it, so muralist Brian Whitfield had to learn how to rappel to paint his latest vision, dangling by ropes above the Grand River this summer. …
New juvenile justice center could be built in south Lansing
A new $40 million Ingham County juvenile justice center, including detention for 24 youths, could be built in south Lansing, a few miles from the current facility. It’s necessary, said …
Homeless today — but not tomorrow?
Mark Mitchell used to spend his winters in a tent. Now he’s a construction foreman. He walks or rides his bike to work every day, visiting on the way his old friends who sleep under …