Los Angeles-based ASM Global, positioned to finalize a contract with the city of Lansing this week to take over management of the Lansing Center, Groesbeck Golf Course and Jackson Field from the Lansing Entertainment & Public Facilities Authority, could also run the city’s new concert venue, Ovation, currently under construction. Officials made the potential cost of the deal public during a LEPFA board meeting. The two potential costs were a $120,000 yearly contract with $120,000 in possible incentives or $150,000 a year with $150,000 in potential incentives. In either projection, ASM would bring $500,000 in capital investment and would keep a 20% commission on new partnerships, sponsorships or naming rights.
Several Greater Lansing schools canceled classes for today due to possible snow and cold temperatures, with flash-freezing ice on the roads leading to dangerous driving conditions. Officials said it would be too cold for road salt to be effective until it warms up slightly into the teens. The National Weather Service said the morning wind chill will be as low as minus-17, with wind gusts as high as 29 mph. Michigan schools typically cancel classes when wind chills are 20 degrees below zero. Nearly all area schools were closed Tuesday. Most schools in the tricounty area were closed today. Lansing Community College campuses were closed but classes were scheduled online. Lansing Catholic and Lansing Christain announced they’d be closed. Officials will make updated information about closings available on their district websites and social media accounts.
The Martin Luther King Jr. 40th annual Day of Celebration Luncheon at the Lansing Center was interrupted by a small electrical fire, resulting in an evacuation until it was extinguished. Lansing police said no injuries occurred, and the event resumed after a delay. Civil rights activist Bernard LaFayette Jr. was the keynote speaker in a chat with Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II. Meanwhile, MSU’s MLK Student Committee held a commemoration and indoor march for about 100 attendees at the IM East facility. MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Jabar Bennett, Psychology Professor Lee June and students Kayla Dunham and Tacora Roach were among the speakers.
The U.S. Transportation Department awarded the city of Lansing a $1 million grant to develop a plan to build a large bridge over Interstate 496 that will function as a park or a memorial to the Black community that was destroyed to make way for the freeway in the 1960s. More than 840 homes and businesses were demolished during the construction, displacing primarily Black families. The city was rejected for the grant money twice before. Mayor Andy Schor said the Local Infrastructure Hub, a group of philanthropic and nonprofit organizations, assisted with the most recent application, and the city could get support from various organizations during the design process.
Seventeen pallets of margarine weighing 42,000 pounds were destroyed after a semi-trailer caught fire on westbound Interstate 69 in DeWitt Township. The driver was traveling from Canada to a wholesale bakery business in Hudsonville when a motorist alerted him that the back of his trailer was on fire, DeWitt Township Fire Chief Dave DeKorte said, and was likely caused by a flaw in the braking system. The driver pulled over and separated the tractor portion of his rig from the trailer. No one was injured.
A Lansing police officer shot and killed a dog after it had bitten him and another officer during an arrest. Officers were on the 400 block of Francis Avenue on the east side to search for a larceny suspect with an outstanding arrest warrant and found him inside a vehicle. The dog inside the car bit the officers’ hands and arms, officials said, and continued to bite their legs after they removed the suspect from the vehicle. The officers were treated for the wounds, and Ingham County Animal Control was notified of the incident.
The Capital Area Transportation Authority has restarted its listening bus program, allowing riders to share constructive feedback about their experiences with CATA’s fixed-route service as they travel to and from their destinations. The service will be available on a rotating schedule of routes during 2025, with sessions, routes and times available at https://www.cata.org/listeningbus. Those unable to attend an onboard Listening Bus session or customers utilizing any of CATA’s paratransit services who would like to provide input about their trips can do so by submitting the online feedback form (https://www.cata.org/story) or by calling (517) 394-1000.
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