When Lake Lansing Was Known as Pine Lake
Gangsters, Spiritualists, and an amusement park make up the history of Lake Lansing, when it was known as Pine Lake. Here are some details...
Lansing’s Old Northside Drive-In and an Unknown Band Named “Rush”
In 1974, an unknown Canadian band called 'Rush' performed in front of the Northside Drive-in's screen. Here's more info on this former Lansing drive-in theater.
Housing commission, Gillespie Group to rehab downtown Lansing building
LANSING — When the Lansing Housing Commission bought land at the intersection of Kalamazoo Street and Grand Avenue a few years ago the public housing agency also bought the nearby 6,180-square-foot commercial building at 405 S. Grand Avenue. The move was intentional, said Doug Fleming, the commission's executive director. So is the timing of efforts to begin marketing the property to prospective tenants...
Big Penny Was Just Vandalized and Lansing Is Upset
Someone targeted Big Penny, Lansing’s beloved truck-munching bridge, and caused serious damage. Now the community is speaking out.
Attorney says MSU student suspected of stabbing was shot 17 times by police
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - The attorney for the family of Isaiah Kirby, the stabbing suspect who was shot and killed by East Lansing police officers last week, is speaking out a week after his death. Attorney Teresa Caine Bingman says the 21-year-old Michigan State University senior was shot 17...
Overflow crowd tells Lansing lawmakers: Stop secrecy around data centers
Michigan residents spoke out against data center development across the state on Wednesday at a House subcommittee hearing. The event drew an overflow crowd and follows several sessions on the large-scale commercial computing centers. Michigan set tax breaks to draw more to the state, but residents said the process is...
John Blackwell just made Michigan State’s 2026-27 non-conference schedule way tougher
Just when we thought that Michigan State would finally rid itself of having to face Wisconsin star John Blackwell after he transferred from the Badgers, he joins a team on the Spartans’ already-loaded 2026-27 non-conference schedule. For years, Blackwell has been a thorn in Tom Izzo’s side, but even...
Free Beer & Hot Wings Are Coming to East Lansing
94.9 MMQ's got your chance to be part of the live audience when the "Free Beer & Hot Wings Morning Show" broadcasts live from East Lansing this June.
Judge accepts insanity plea in Bath Twp. break-in, hostage-taking case
CLINTON COUNTY, Mich. (WILX) -Charges, including assault with intent to murder, have been dismissed against an East Lansing man after the judge accepted a plea of not guilty for reason of insanity. According to Clinton County prosecutors, Bailey Glazier broke into several homes in Bath Township while carrying a knife...
Researchers have spent decades breeding better potatoes for chips, and their work isn’t done
There's a surprising amount of science in a bag of potato chips. Researchers have spent decades developing chipping potatoes that can grow in all kinds of climates, avoid diseases and pests, sit in
