Mid-Michigan educators embracing AI in the classroom
Programs like ChatGPT and Gemini have quickly risen in popularity, opening the door for districts to step into the future.
Lansing’s Apple Butter Festival Returns Oct. 18–19
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.
Journey to Justice Tour highlights harm of solitary confinement
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Journey to Justice Tour is traveling to East Lansing on Wednesday to highlight and expose the harms of solitary confinement. The organizers, Citizens for Prison Reform and Unlock the Box, report that the tour is a “mobile advocacy hub,” designed to inform communities and share survivors’...
New Cadillac model to be produced at Lansing’s GM Grand River Assembly Plant
On Wednesday, Cadillac announced that the next-generation CT5 will be manufactured at Lansing's GM Grand River Assembly Plant.
Lansing sees zero cyclical retaliatory shootings this year
Lansing has recorded zero cyclical retaliatory shootings in 2025, a dramatic improvement from the 10 incidents reported in 2024, according to Lansing police data.
Kalamo woman convicted of embezzling more than $70K from Charlotte senior
A Kalamo Township woman has been convicted of embezzling more than $70,000 from a vulnerable Charlotte senior and now faces up to 15 years in prison.
Cash program for pregnant moms could expand to Lansing and Jackson
A program offering cash to pregnant moms and their babies could be coming to Mid-Michigan families. The state is investing $270 million dollars to expand RxKids– a collaborative between Michigan State University and the University of Michigan that started last year in Flint. RxKids uses public and private funds...
Pregnant drunk driver sentenced to 30-60 years for deadly Michigan crash
ST. JOHNS, Mich. (Court TV) — A 36-year-old woman was sentenced Wednesday to 30 to 60 years in prison for a drunken-driving crash in May 2024 that killed two men and injured 14 members of their family, including eight children, as they walked along a rural road outside Lansing. Ashley Marie Monroe, who was pregnant...
Former Perry fire chief takes plea deal in embezzlement case
PERRY, Mich. (WJRT) - The former chief of Perry Area Fire Rescue accepted a plea agreement that removed the most serious embezzlement charges against him. Court records show 61-year-old Guy Hubbard pleaded no contest to one misdemeanor charge of embezzlement of $200 to $1,000 an agent or trustee involving theft of...
Ingham County Sheriff to host Drive-thru drug take-back event in Okemos
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is next week, and the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office and Delta Dental are hosting a drive-thru prescription drug take-back event from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. People can drop off unused prescription drugs in the front visitors’ parking...
