Why people without shelter are choosing mid-Michigan

Among Lansing’s 112,700 residents, it may seem easy for the 515 individuals without a place to stay for the night to go unnoticed, especially when only 90 miles away in metro Detroit about 1,500 people will go without permanent residence on any given night. But recently, local shelters have noted that people have been traveling from outside of the city, and even out of the state, to find shelter in Lansing.

Sunset at Addison Oaks County Park

Oakland Co. golf course on par for public park

When Beech Woods Golf Course closed in 2019, many ideas were pitched to the city of Southfield during the public input survey on how to repurpose the greenspace. Some ideas included an amphitheater and splash pad, but one common consensus persisted. In November of 2023, a partnership was approved through Oakland County’s Healthy Communities Park and Outdoor Recreation Investment Plan to redevelop the golf course into the latest Oakland County park, to be named Southfield Oaks.

Quality Scary brings haunts and laughs to Lansing

Throughout history, we’ve seen a number of secret societies that bring people together to strive towards a common goal amongst them. These groups have taken many shapes and many forms, some more maniacal than others, and some just downright comedic. Lansing is home to just one of the comedic groups, a “coven” of film lovers that enjoy getting together and putting on a little horror flick showing called Quality Scary, a monthly live comedy show and film screening series hosted by Lansing and Grand Rapids locals Emily Syrja, who goes by they/them pronouns, (they/them) and Sarah Jean Anderson.

Major road construction in East Lansing may cause years of campus traffic

A new road construction project has been under work and officially unveiled to the Greater Lansing area, with major changes to be made to US-127 and Interstate 496 from early 2024 to late 2025.

These two roads are the main roads that run along the East Lansing-Lansing border and include some of the most common access points to get into both the East Lansing area and Michigan State University. This includes two exits that are frequently used to get to both Trowbridge and Dunckel roads, which run straight to Michigan State.

First Krampusnacht festival brings crowds to Old Town

A haunting celebration of old European folklore filled the streets of Old Town on Dec. 9 with the city’s first-ever Krampusnacht Parade. Krampusnacht, or Krampus Night, is a central and Eastern European holiday, traditionally celebrated on Dec. 5 or the following Saturday. The streets of Old Town were filled with many colorful depictions of Krampus, a horned, half-goat, half-man version of Saint Nicholas, who punishes naughty children, while Saint Nicholas rewards the good children. 

Protests disrupt Pete Buttigieg speaking event at Michigan State

On Nov. 29, several protests took place outside of Michigan State University’s Kellogg Center as U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg held a speaking event inside the venue. The event was one of many along the secretary’s recent speaking tour that has been met with protests. 

Three distinct groups protested the event: the Sunrise Movement, Michigan State’s Hurriya Coalition, and Climate Defiance. The Sunrise Movement, which is a national grassroots movement advocating for climate justice, hung banners out of the Kellogg Center’s main parking garage, where most event attendees were entering. The three banners read in all capital letters: You have blood on your hands; Biden: Fund climate action not genocide; and Biden: Declare a climate emergency