Lansing MI

LANSING, Mich. (WLUC) - A U.P. resident has been appointed to Michigan’s Memorial Park Commission. The appointment was announced alongside a handful of others Thursday. Floyd Crawford, of Baraga, is a Vietnam air veteran of the United States Marine Corps and an on-call elder nutritional program driver for the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. Crawford will be reappointed as a member of the general public...

EATON COUNTY, Mich. (WILX) - A man who spent 40 years behind bars for a 1986 murder walked out of court with a new sentence, but the decision has left the victim’s family reeling. Roger Ruthruff was supposed to spend his life in prison, but a Clinton County Circuit...

MASON, MI — Spring is the perfect time to add a new loving pet to you family’s household. The Ingham County Animal Control and Shelter has announced a reduced adoption fee special beginning Friday and running through May 17. It’s the Bissell Pet Foundation’s Empty the Shelters event...

BATH TWP., Mich. (WILX) - Nine ducklings were rescued Thursday morning after falling into a storm drain in Bath Township. The Bath Township Fire Department responded after receiving a report of ducklings trapped inside the drainage system. Upon arrival, crews said they could hear chirping coming from within the storm...

Clare County siblings have been arraigned for Medicaid transportation fraud, accused of using an app to generate false mileage claims.

The only unionized Chipotle in the United States has quietly lost its union, leaving workers at the Lansing restaurant without a contract after more than three years of organizing and waiting. The Teamsters local that once represented the crew at the West Saginaw Highway location told federal regulators it was pulling out and disclaiming interest in the store, a move that lifts Chipotle’s legal...

A Michigan State University senior from Owings Mills, Maryland, was shot and killed by East Lansing police after a reported theft on April 15 that officers say became a stabbing. Authorities identified the man as 21-year-old Isaiah Christopher Kirby. His family says they counted at least 17 bullet wounds and is demanding the full, unedited video of the encounter. Michigan State Police...

MICHIGAN — Police in Lansing are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing and endangered 12-year-old boy. According to the Lansing Police Department, Michael Kilpatrick was last seen near the intersection of Oakland and Princeton avenues in Lansing. Kilpatrick is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing about 130 pounds. He […] The post Police searching for missing 12-year...

A freeze watch was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 12:45 p.m. EDT valid for Saturday between midnight EDT and 9 a.m. EDT for Muskegon, Ottawa, Kent, Ionia, Clinton, Allegan, Barry, Eaton, Ingham, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Calhoun and Jackson counties. The weather service informs, “Sub-freezing temperatures possible.”...

There’s a new parking lot in Lansing that’s testing everyone’s patience—and if you’ve been there, you already know why.