Lansing MI

Orange construction barrels are adding to Michigan’s autumn color palette this week. More than 40 road projects and special events will begin between Sunday, Oct. 19, and Saturday, Oct. 25, resulting in various levels of closures on the state’s primary roads, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation...

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Celebrate fall at Lansing’s Fenner Nature Center for the 51st Apple Butter Festival, featuring apple butter making, artisan demos, live music, food trucks, and family fun.

Whether you're thinking about adopting a pet or simply delight in watching cute animals, you'd find a plethora of endearing pets awaiting adoption at animal shelters across and close to east lansing..

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– Lansing Mayor Andy Schor and the Lansing Regional Chamber announced the reopening of Michigan Avenue this morning after being closed for a year. The Michigan Avenue Reconstruction Project began its second phase in July 2024. The $14.1 million project stretched from Howard Street to Pennsylvania...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The use of pepper spray in an Aug. 24 incident in downtown East Lansing and subsequent departmental actions raise ethical concerns for East Lansing Police and government, said Davina Hurt, director of government ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. “The...

The East Lansing Independent Police Oversight Commission is the latest group to call for ELPD Chief Jennifer Brown's resignation.

Michigan State University has a surplus store that not only helps reduce waste but also gives people a chance to buy things at a lower cost than buying new. When there are things that can't be reused or resold they recycle it to help keep MSU green. Recently we've learned...

Nadia Sellers found her son curled up in his bed in agony the morning after going out to celebrate a friend’s birthday. Lonnie Smith, 21, had stepped in to stop an altercation between a friend and some other young men outside an East Lansing restaurant. He was then pepper sprayed by police and later criminally...

BATH TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A driver on I-96 swerved across lanes, crossed to the other side into oncoming traffic, gestured at cops several times, got spun out, and was ultimately tased. You can watch the full dash cam video above. Livingston County deputies said they learned around noon Oct....