On a Sunday morning in July, Cal DuLow and his 18-year-old son, Xan, left their home in Grand Rapids to go magnet fishing in downtown Lansing.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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12/14/23
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Who said that finding great holiday gifts has to be a hassle? City Pulse has compiled a list of 25 gifts under $25 that will still make recipients feel like a million bucks. The gifts are either locally made,
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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12/14/23
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 13 — In its 60th anniversary breakfast reception this morning, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission recognized Sen. Sarah Anthony, a self-described “daughter of Lansing,” for her service.
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TYLER SCHNEIDER
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12/13/23
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Michigan State University introduced Kevin Guskiewicz as its 22nd president in a press conference Monday. MSU trustees selected Guskiewicz, the chancellor of the University of North …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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12/12/23
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THURSDAY, Nov. 7 — The Lansing School District’s shift toward providing more K-8 facilities played a major role in an enrollment increase this year for the first time in three decades.
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Tyler Schneider
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12/7/23
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Elinor Holbrook has lived at her home in East Lansing’s Lantern Hill neighborhood since 1967. Until about 10 years ago, deer were never a concern.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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12/7/23
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Lansing police officers fatally shot a domestic violence suspect in the 1600 block of Massachusetts Avenue late Friday night. LPD said the officers were dispatched at 11:23 p.m. for a domestic …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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12/5/23
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THURSDAY, Nov. 30 — East Lansing residents have questioned the City Council’s decision to appoint new member Kerry Ebersole Singh, who is white, as mayor pro tem over incumbent Dana Watson, who is an African American.
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TYLER SCHNEIDER
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11/30/23
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Barb Bynum and her husband, like a growing number of senior citizens, are newly homeless after they lost their home this year.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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11/30/23
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Tom Helma, whose hundreds of local theater reviews in City Pulse over two decades offered insights into characters and plots that were influenced by his training and experience as a psychotherapist, died Nov. 21. He was 84.
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By BERL SCHWARTZ
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11/30/23
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Jonathan Smith was named MSU’s new head football coach Saturday, following a search of nearly three months. Smith, 44, becomes the 26th head coach in the program’s history, after …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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11/28/23
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On Friday, Julie Vandenboom became the first candidate to file for the Lansing City Charter Commission election.
“I’m not an attorney. I don’t feel like I’m a …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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11/23/23
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Be careful where you answer the call of nature. Nature might call back — with a vengeance.
Not long ago, I was biking the winding stretch of the Lansing River Trail that links the Potter …
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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11/23/23
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“I think I shall never see. A poem as pretty as a tree.” This simple line by poet Joyce Kilmer referred to a living tree, but it can apply to this year’s State of Michigan Christmas …
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By BILL CASTANIER
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11/23/23
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If giant red balls descending on downtown Lansing heralds the start of the holiday season, then Silver Bells in the City is the event that rings it in with an extra loud “ding-dong!” …
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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11/23/23
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UAW workers at two of Lansing’s three auto plants voted against a contract with General Motors last week. UAW Local 1753, representing 200 workers at GM’s Lansing …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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11/21/23
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FRIDAY, Nov. 17 — Lansing Shuffle will host a free Thanksgiving meal 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday for Lansing-area individuals and families in need.
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Nicole Noechel
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11/17/23
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16 — Lansing Mayor Andy Schor and Lansing Police Chief Ellery Sosebee say there’s a limit to how much the city can do to prevent illegal firearms. For this reason, they’ve asked state legislators for more support.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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11/16/23
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One of the special things about our annual City Pulse Top of the Town Contest, now 16 years running, is seeing how many folks will take the ultimate challenge of voting in every category.
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By STEVE UNDERWOOD
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11/16/23
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15 —The East Lansing City Council elected George Brookover last night to fill the mayoral seat once occupied by his father. After newly elected members Kerry Ebersole Singh, Mark Meadows and Erik Altmann took their oaths of office, Meadows nominated Brookover. It went uncontested.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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11/15/23
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