Lansing MI

CHARLOTTE - Some students were sent home and other were removed from a classroom after a second instance of bed bugs was identified at Charlotte High School. Bed bugs were identified in a classroom last week, according to district officials, and students were removed from the area. A professional pest control company...

EAST LANSING — The owners of a Lansing-based sauna company who planned to open a seasonal outdoor sauna park along West Grand River Avenue have nixed the project. The park, first proposed in the fall of 2024, was slated for a lot at 270 W. Grand River Ave. near Crunchy's restaurant. Timber Sauna Co.'s plan was to...

Behind seven dominant innings from Dylan Volantis, Texas’ red-hot pitching staff delivered another statement shutout.

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - A Mid-Michigan family says their search for answers about the death of their loved one has revealed what they are calling a crack in the senior care system. There are thousands of facilities across the state of Michigan that offer a place for seniors, but the...

The man who drove over nearly 20 historic headstones at Fowlerville's Greenwood Cemetery last summer is ordered to spend 10 days in jail, 18-months probation and must pay nearly $22,000 in restitution. That's according to the Livingston Daily, which reported 41-year-old John Tyle pleaded guilty in January to...

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - The Lansing School District is celebrating a historic milestone after recording the highest graduation rate in district history. The district posted a 93.81% four-year graduation rate for the 2024-25 school year and reduced its dropout rate to 1.75%. According to official state data,...

LANSING, MI – Michigan’s labor leaders say artificial intelligence (AI) used in the workplace can track everything from employee facial expressions to bathroom breaks, and they want guardrails. During a Monday, Feb. 23 press conference held in Lansing, members from three labor unions joined state Rep. Penelope...

After nearly three decades, two independent film festivals from the Greater Lansing area are getting ready to celebrate their final year. Both the Lake Michigan Film Festival and East Lansing Film Festival are calling their 29th festivals their last, founder Susan Woods told the State Journal. Woods said the first...

VERMONTVILLE, Mich. (WILX) -On Saturday, Vermontville Township held its 105th Fireman’s Ball at a different venue this year after the usual location was unavailable. Organizers reached out to locals for help, and a community member offered his building for the event. Mervin Hochstetler, of Build Master Rentals LLC,...

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