Lansing MI

Michigan State Police said the man was driving a pickup truck on Howell Road near Kane Road in White Oak Township when he lost control of the vehicle.

DELTA TWP. — Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution issued notice this week that it will lay off 62 workers and reassign 99 others, according to the Jan. 14 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice. Employees, including 30 CDL drivers and 23 warehouse workers, are expected to be laid off April 3 , 80...

EAST LANSING, MI — A Saginaw physician will stand trial in Ingham County on 23 counts of Medicaid fraud, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday. Dr. James Carthron, 61, is alleged to have repeatedly billed Medicaid for telephone consultations that never occurred, Nessel stated previously. This occurred...

Several major Mid-Michigan school districts have announced closures for Friday as dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills are expected early Friday morning. Lansing School District announced Thursday that schools will be closed Friday, January 23, due to forecasted cold temperatures. In a notice posted to its...

Several churches around Michigan plan to build housing to help ease the state’s housing shortage. A national movement called YIGBY — Yes in God’s Backyard — includes legislation in several states that makes it easier for churches to build housing on their property. Churches view housing...

FREEDOM TWP., MI — A sand and gravel mining firm has plans to extract millions of tons of materials in a rural community west of Ann Arbor. Stone Co. of Michigan, also known as Michigan Paving and Materials, is requesting to mine off Pleasant Lake Road in Freedom Township, according to township documents. The firm...

Long-time teacher and coach Matthew Boersma died Jan. 11 at age 52 following an eight-year battle with cancer. Boersma worked as a middle school gym teacher in Eaton Rapids before retiring from the district in February, his wife Rachel Boersma told the State Journal. Boersma was diagnosed with HPV-positive head and...

INGHAM COUNTY, MI – A 27-year-old Eaton Rapids man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday, Jan. 21, state police said. The victim’s name was not released. The crash happened around 3 p.m. on Howell Road near Kane Road in Ingham County’s White Oak Township. Preliminary investigation...

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Ingham County Sheriff Scott Wriggelsworth will be hosting a press conference discussing the future of Ingham County 911 Central Dispatch. The press conference is set to take place on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the Ingham County Justice Complex. News 10 will livestream the press conference....

WHITE OAK TWP., Mich. (WILX) - A 27-year-old man died Wednesday after his pickup truck hit a tree in White Oak Township. Michigan State Police responded around 3 p.m. to Howell Road near Kane Road for a report of a single-vehicle crash. Preliminary investigation indicates the man, from Eaton Rapids,...