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As part of Meridian Township's Village of Okemos project, the Travelers Club International Restaurant & Tuba Museum is undergoing demolition. A neighboring block, the former home of Bottoms Up Lingerie and Okemos Ace Hardware, is scheduled for demolition next week.
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Lansing City Councilman Brian Jackson hopes local residents will forgive his forgetfulness.
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As soon-to-be President-elect Joe Biden was celebrating the results of the primary in Michigan hours after polls closed, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was facing down an array of TV cameras. It was March 10, the date COVID-19 was detected in Michigan. And it would consume the nation.
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TODD HEYWOOD
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12/31/20
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Since March, at least 303 residents of Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties have reportedly died from complications connected to COVID-19. May we all remember each one, allowing their memories and their lives to warm and inspire our lives in the weeks, months and years to come.
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TODD HEYWOOD
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12/31/20
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No doubt 2020 wouldn’t have been such a train wreck without COVID-19. It has fundamentally changed life in Greater Lansing and across the country.
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Kyle Kaminski
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12/31/20
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How many times have we replayed those major points in life and wondered, what if I had …
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Kyle Melinn
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12/31/20
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bipartisan relief bill this week that includes $55 million in grants for small businesses hit by COVID-19 and $45 million in direct unemployment payments for those laid off or furloughed as a result of the coronavirus.
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Kyle Kaminski
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12/31/20
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These are all pieces, elements of my life in the year 2020, the year we collectively experienced what at times seemed to be a complete unraveling of the senses of health, world, country and security that those who were lucky enough to experience previously had.
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ANDREW MUYLLE
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12/31/20
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It was the worst of times, a perfectly miserable year by any measure. Between a murderous pandemic, a corrupt and conniving president, a sharply divided and angry populace, and a sickening wave of deadly police brutality, mainly against people of color, what more could possibly go wrong?
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Staff
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12/31/20
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Bernice King is headlining the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Mid-Michigan's 2021 annual MLK Day of Celebration. This is the first year in the event’s 36-year history that it will be televised. It will be broadcast by WILX TV 10-NBC on Monday, Jan.18 from 7 to 8 p.m.
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Staff
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12/30/20
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Newly renegotiated healthcare benefits for city of Lansing retirees that take effect Friday, Jan. 1, will reduce unfunded legacy costs by $77.6 million over the next 30 years, city officials said.
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Kyle Kaminski
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12/29/20
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The year 2020 was a wild one for headlines. Here are the 10 most popular stories we published on Lansingcitypulse.com.
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Staff
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12/29/20
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Mike Shirkey would prefer to say, “Bovine secretion.” That’s what he calls the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer administration’s latest economic shutdowns on restaurants and eating at entertainment venues.
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Lansing firefighters didn’t want to put out a small bonfire at a homeless camp off Larch Street on Monday evening. They were just doing their job, following orders from the top, they explained.
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KYLE KAMINSKI
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12/24/20
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State lawmakers in Michigan approved a $465 million relief package this week that reportedly includes more than $63 million in grants for small businesses and individual grants of up to $1,650 per person for those who lost their jobs or wages due to pandemic-related health orders.
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KYLE KAMINSKI
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12/24/20
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As cases of coronavirus in Ingham county began to wane in June, Michigan State University researcher Joan Rose noticed a sudden uptick in the amount of coronavirus in campus and Meridian Township wastewater. Without many students on campus, the news was puzzling.
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TODD HEYWOOD
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12/24/20
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Last July, Lansing code compliance officers conducted an inspection of the Porter Apartments, a 98-unit, low-income apartment building for senior citizens located on Townsend Street in downtown Lansing.
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Staff
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12/24/20
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One trillion four hundred billion dollars. That’s how much students owe the federal government for college student loans. It’s a curse.
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Lansing Mayor Andy Schor is reeling back on his plans to adjust healthcare benefits for about 1,300 retirees, announcing a new plan today that reportedly won’t result in “long-term cost increases” while also still saving the city about $3.5 million annually.
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Kyle Kaminski
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12/23/20
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Another top city official has announced that she will depart from Lansing Mayor Andy Schor’s administration as staff turnover and reorganization continues at City Hall.
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Kyle Kaminski
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12/21/20
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