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Joe Dandron is a sophomore journalism student at MSU. He is planning on focusing his degree on writing, editing, and reporting with a minor in sports journalism. Joe is currently a reporting and digital news intern with WKAR News at MSU and the assistant sports director at MSU student radio: The Impact. Joe is from Muskegon, Michigan.
The Historical Society of Holt-Delhi Township preserves the history of a town. And the legacy of an individual who once lived in it, the daughter of Sterling Silver Alf helps tell the story of a not-so-normal man living in a very normal town.
After nearly six hours of testimony, 55th District Court Judge Thomas P. Boyd ruled today there is enough evidence against Jacob Ficher, 27, of Lansing and Bdour Al-Yasari, 28, of Holt, to move to a murder trial in the Feb. 4 death of Ammar Al-Yasari.
Jacob Joseph Ficher of Lansing and Bdour Al-Yasari were in Ingham County 55th District Court on Thursday for a preliminary examination in the Feb. 4 slaying of Al-Yasari’s husband, Amman, in their Holt home. Judge Thomas P. Boyd set a new hearing date for March 14 to allow more time for attorneys to evaluate evidence.
A 27-year-old Lansing man was arraigned Feb. 9 in the death of a 35-year-old Holt man in his home. Ingham County Sheriff Scott Wriggelsworth said the killing occurred in an area known for low crime activity.
“Hey hey, ho ho, gender bias has got to go!” chanted a crowd of more than 100 protestors at the January 20 Lansing Women’s March. The protestors met at the MSU Union on January 20 and braved single-digit temperatures. Flanked by Michigan State University Police, the protestors marched from the Union to the Hannah Administration Building. Demonstrators were marching in support of many causes, among them women’s reproductive rights, workplace equality and equal pay, advocacy for victims of sexual assault and LGBTQ+ rights. They were also marching to protest President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration and the proposed border wall.