Lansing MI

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - The East Lansing City Council is considering designating Albert El Fresco as a social district during its seasonal operation from May to August. The area temporarily closes Albert Avenue between Grove Street and MAC Avenue, creating a pedestrian-friendly space where people can relax and...

Discourse regarding the management of downtown East Lansing continues to be a pressing issue for the East Lansing City Council as business owners and community members remain divided over the extent of policing. The debate follows weeks of deliberation over proposed changes to a city ordinance that mandates police...

When Jackie Wilkerson Brown learned she had been nominated, and ultimately won, School Bus Fleet's inaugural 2025 School Bus Driver Hero Award, her reaction was pure emotion. "I was absolutely thrilled, grateful, and humbled," Brown said, reflecting on the news. "To learn that someone had nominated me for this award...

City Pulse reported last month that the city was making progress on red-tagged properties — but slowly. Additionally, it reported that a $165 monthly monitoring fee for red-tagged properties was being applied even when owners were making measurable improvements. Dale Schrader, one such owner, is being charged the fee...

MSU researchers target deer to combat growing tick population in Michigan. Professors in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University have taken notice of this trend and are working on a potential solution to help curb the rise. Updated: 5 hours ago. More than 22,000 absentee ballots...

PORTLAND (KPTV/Gray News) - A Portland family is grieving the loss of a husband and father who was killed after hitting a pothole on his e-scooter. Randy Phelps was critically injured when he hit a pothole along Southeast 52nd Avenue in southeast Portland on Aug. 19. His family took him...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– This morning, members from the Michigan Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Service Employees International Union (SEIU), American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), and UAW union members...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– McLaren Greater Lansing will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday to begin the opening of its new $40 million freestanding emergency department and medical office building. The McLaren Grand Ledge Emergency Department and Medical Office Building is located at the corner of Nixon Road and...

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - The Lansing Police Department is searching for the suspect involved in a stabbing late Tuesday night. Officers were dispatched to the Holy Cross shelter on Larch Street for a stabbing around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday. Police said when officers arrived, they found a 43-year-old man with injuries to...

A Michigan mother is seeking justice after her 11-year-old son was expelled from school after he took a gun away from a classmate, an act she believes was heroic, not criminal.