‘Invasive, unnecessary and unethical:’ Lawmaker wants limits on AI surveillance at work
LANSING, MI – Michigan’s labor leaders say artificial intelligence (AI) used in the workplace can track everything from employee facial expressions to bathroom breaks, and they want guardrails. During a Monday, Feb. 23 press conference held in Lansing, members from three labor unions joined state Rep. Penelope...
Lake Michigan, East Lansing film festivals ending after this year
After nearly three decades, two independent film festivals from the Greater Lansing area are getting ready to celebrate their final year. Both the Lake Michigan Film Festival and East Lansing Film Festival are calling their 29th festivals their last, founder Susan Woods told the State Journal. Woods said the first...
Vermontville Township holds 105th Fireman’s Ball at new venue
VERMONTVILLE, Mich. (WILX) -On Saturday, Vermontville Township held its 105th Fireman’s Ball at a different venue this year after the usual location was unavailable. Organizers reached out to locals for help, and a community member offered his building for the event. Mervin Hochstetler, of Build Master Rentals LLC,...
Mostly Cloudy Overnight, Cold but Brighter Monday Across Our Neighborhoods
Get your FOX 47 Storm Shield Weather Forecast here. Mostly Cloudy Overnight, Cold but Brighter Monday Across Our Neighborhoods.
Fit and Frosty event draws crowds to Mount Hope Park
A fresh snowfall set the perfect scene for Delta Township's second annual Fit and Frosty event Sunday at Mount Hope Park.
This Lansing, Michigan Seafood Restaurant Is Quietly Becoming A Local Obsession
If you aren’t already halfway out the door to Eastwood Towne Center, what are you even doing? The energy in this place is absolutely electric. You walk in and immediately get swept up in the high-speed rhythm of a kitchen that is firing on all cylinders. You come for...
Former Lansing City Pulse publisher sheltering in Puerto Vallarta after cartel violence erupts
Daylight Monday revealed more damage in Puerto Vallarta, where burned-out buses line the Malecón just blocks from where two Lansing men are sheltering in place. “We got brave and took our dog for a walk,” Berl Schwartz said in a message to WKAR News Monday morning. “It was eerily quiet.”
Demystifying Deep Green’s proposed data center near downtown Lansing
A U.K.-based developer is pitching “a different kind of data center” in the state’s capital city— but residents remain skeptical. Developer Deep Green, in a partnership with Lansing’s publicly owned utility, the Board of Water and Light, is seeking permission from the city to build a 24-megawatt data center at the...
‘The system needs to be fixed:’ Clinton County EMS faces closure amid funding crises
St. Johns, Mich. (WILX) - The Clinton Area Ambulance Service Authority (CAASA) is raising awareness about Emergency Medical Services funding after rumors of ‘potential closure.’. CAASA addressed the rumors on social media earlier this month:. “We would also like to address the recent rumors regarding the potential...
Michigan State Police cruiser, Perry fire truck hit on icy interstate
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A Michigan State Police patrol vehicle and a Perry Fire Department fire truck were struck by tractor-trailers in separate crashes on eastbound Interstate 69 in Shiawassee County. The collisions occurred late Saturday night and early Sunday morning during icy road conditions. The crashes took...
