Employees and visitors at Lansing City Hall were met with some stricter security measures at the office on Monday. more

Drive too fast on Saginaw Street and you might miss this week’s Eye Candy: the Sparrow St. Lawrence Hospital near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The southeast section of the campus shown above is tucked back a hundred feet or so from the road. It has a modest courtyard that softens the masonry-heavy structure, but its trees and shrubs conceal some of the building’s best features from a passing glance. A more purposeful look reveals an array of architectural details and character.   more

Every Saturday night, Brent Alberts, better known by his radio name Wally Londo, walks into 94.9 WMMQ-FM as local listeners light up the station’s phone lines with requests for some obscure songs rarely heard on terrestrial radio.   more

On April 23, 2022, the first sunny Saturday afternoon in months, about 1,000 people ducked into a windowless labyrinth of concrete, cables and electronics, housed in a dim, zeppelin-sized bunker on the south campus of Michigan State University. They listened patiently as scientists shouted themselves hoarse, through pandemic masks and over the roar of machinery, about radio frequencies, dipole magnets and other arcane subjects.  more

The Lansing chapter of Black Lives Matter is expected to gather at the Ingham County Jail in Mason at 3 p.m. to demand justice for a man who was shot by police. more

“We didn’t know what to expect when opening. Biggby (a coffee shop chain store), was previously here, but it closed during COVID, and I saw it as a good opportunity,” Tarek Chawich … more

Some Michigan drivers are having difficulty understanding new car technology, according to a recent study by the American Automobile Association.  more

“There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.”  more

Regardless of which candidates win the November election for Michigan’s congressional seats and which party secures control of Congress, two important changes will be visible on Capitol Hill in January with serious implications for the state’s national clout. more

FRIDAY, APRIL 29 – Concerned about safety, Michigan State University took the unusual step of requiring a student to present his senior thesis online yesterday instead of in person. MSU did … more

Kammie Mead stood on the lawn of the state Capitol on March 31, 2019, in the early spring cold. Under her arm, she held a framed photo. She was shy, quiet, hanging on the edge of a crowd gathered for the International Day of Transgender Visibility. She was there to keep a promise.  more

I was not born with a penis or a vagina. My body is not typically male or female. I am intersex.  more

East Lansing developer Scott Chappelle has pleaded guilty to tax evasion. more

Officials have cited 'big risks' for inmates at the Ingham County Jail. more

Lansing Mayor Andy Schor has some big plans for a new bench. more

A stray cat named “JR” was found injured from a bullet wound last week. more

Dangerous metals such as arsenic and mercury have been found in wild rice beds located on the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community reservation and surrounding areas, according to research from Michigan Tech scientists and their associates. more

A decade ago, when Eaton County Prosecutor Doug Lloyd had a position open in his office, he would get 100 applications in a week.  more

Fifteen businesses across the state, including Ford Motor Co. and two West Michigan microbreweries, have written to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in support of her administration’s carbon neutrality goals. more

From 2017 to 2021, the number of bridges in poor condition in Michigan increased from 1,146 to 1,240, according to the National Bridge Inventory. more