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A body matching the description of Emily Allen, 34, of Mason, was found Tuesday after she had been reported missing Sunday. Mason police said they don’t believe foul play was involved, reported WLNS-TV. A divorced, stay-at-home mom with two children, she had been last seen walking from her home on Maple Street Sunday. Police and volunteers distributed fliers and asked residents to check their security cameras. An area near her home has been taped off by multiple law enforcement departments.

U of M Health will build a 45,000-square-foot health care center near Grand Ledge, to be operated by U of M Health-Sparrow, after the Board of Regents approved the $32 million project. The new building, at 5677 E. Saginaw Hwy. in Oneida Township, is slated to open in early 2027 and will include urgent care, a laboratory and retail pharmacy, primary care, specialty care and advanced imaging services. The regents approved a purchase price of $1.995 million in May. The site is a former CARite car dealership.

Richard Ott and Saturn Wells have filed to run as write-in candidates for Delta Township supervisor after Ken Fletcher resigned from the position Sept. 3 after being arraigned on charges of accosting a child for immoral purposes and using a computer to commit a crime. They are running independently of either major political party because write-in candidates cannot declare a party affiliation. Fletcher’s name remains on the ballot, but he hasn’t stated if he would take the position if elected on Nov. 5. Eaton County Clerk Diana Bosworth said his name can’t be removed from the ballot. Delta Township Clerk Mary Clark has been acting supervisor since Fletcher resigned. 

The Lansing School District graduated nearly 87% of its students for the Class of 2024, its highest rate ever, Superintendent Ben Shuldiner told the Lansing City Council. He added that the rate was 10% higher than any previously and has increased 25% in the past three years.

On the eve of Kamala Harris’ campaign stop in Lansing last Friday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (pictured with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro) and four other Democratic governors rallied students in the MSU Union as part of a Blue Wall Bus Tour. Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro, Wisconsin’s Tony Evers, Maryland’s Wes Moore and Massachusetts’ Maura Healey all spoke to students during one of eight stops over three days in Michigan. Political science student Rudy Eaton said the MSU Democratic Club has registered 2,000 new voters.

Catrell Shelton pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Friday in the 2022 killing of Kalen Mathews (pictured), 19, from a gunshot wound in the 900 block of Bensch Street in Lansing. His co-defendant, Marquell Hopkins, pleaded no contest to the same charge two days earlier. Hopkins and Shelton are set to be sentenced in December. They are facing sentences of at least 12 to 20 years.

The Capital Area Transportation Authority will receive $163,400 for its Transit to Trails project as part of $6.5 million in funding from the Shared Streets and Spaces Grant program, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced. The funding, dispersed to 27 communities and eight transit agencies statewide, supports the development and improvement of plazas, sidewalks, streets, parking areas and other publicly used spaces.

Four people suffered serious injuries in a crash west of Vermontville Saturday, three being ejected from their Honda Accord that had swerved to avoid a Michigan State trooper parked on the right shoulder. The vehicle left the road and overturned multiple times while striking trees and a fence. Three of the four injured were transported to U of M Sparrow, one by Aero Med Life Flight. Speed and alcohol are believed to be factors in the crash.

Public Safety

A 26-man was found dead by Lansing police in a home in the 400 block of Greenlawn Avenue Wednesday. Police told WLNS-TV that they found the man aflame and suspect it was a suicide attempt. … A 25-year-old man ran a red light and crashed an allegedly stolen motorcycle into a CATA bus at the corner of Capitol and Oakland avenues Saturday. No one was injured on the bus, but the motorcyclist was hospitalized. … A 43-year-old woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday when she was pushed from a vehicle and then run over, Lansing police said. A 47-year-old man, left the scene but was arrested, police said.

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