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Michigan State University's College of Arts and Letters is facing a $7.1 million structural deficit amidst university-wide budget cuts. The issue was discussed during a recent college town hall meeting, along with the college's plans to pause most graduate admissions and the looming merger with the Residential...

East Lansing’s finances have the city on track for a structural deficit in coming years, but it is properly funding its pension, according to state law. A state audit in 2017 found East Lansing to have insufficiently funded its pension obligations, and a corrective action plan was put in place by the Michigan...

LANSING, MI — With temperatures in the Lansing area expected to stay just above freezing today and the Code Blue alert expiring, several local facilities are providing warm shelter for neighbors in need. The City Rescue Mission, located in the 2200 block of Cedar Street in Lansing, offers daily...

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - As the holidays approach, most people wouldn’t mind having a little extra spending cash. That’s where the Mega Millions jackpot sits ahead of Tuesday night’s drawing — the 38th since someone last won. The jackpot is approaching $1 billion as no one...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Ingham County Board of Commissioners will consider a resolution to provide $25,000 to local food banks. “WHEREAS, the prolonged federal government shutdown has resulted in the loss of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding,” a resolution up for approval Wednesday night...

LANSING — When county health inspectors visit local restaurants, they document problems that need addressing to meet standards set by Michigan food codes and law. The most serious problems are considered priority violations, which present potential health hazards and should be corrected immediately. Priority...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– Fire crews in Lansing responded to a fire at an apartment complex early Tuesday morning. Firefighters say they arrived on the 600 block of N. Walnut Street around 1 a.m., just a couple of blocks north of W. Willow. 6 News spoke with someone who lived at the apartment complex, and they […]

Reporting like this only happens with your financial support. Donate to WKAR today!. A historic house in downtown Lansing is getting a new lease on life after City Council members voted to remove an order that would have led to its demolition. The house is the first designed by prominent...

“When the weather gets too bad everyone needs a place to go; they can’t stay outside or they’re gonna die,”

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - On this day in 2012, Michigan State University opened the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum. The building was designed by Zaha Hadid and named after Spartan alumnus and businessman Eli Broad, whose $28 million donation helped fund it. The museum explores contemporary culture and...