Lansing restaurant returns to Food Network in 2022

be featured on the Food Network’s hit show Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives, for a second time. While the restaurant first appeared on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives back in 2017, the show decided to come back and check in with Meat BBQ to see how it is. Meat BBQ posted a photo on Facebook thanking the community of Lansing for the love and support.

ire chief standing next to fire truck in garage.

Dawn Carson becomes East Lansing’s first female fire chief

“It was kind of a happened-on,” is how Dawn Carson described her career path to becoming East Lansing’s first female fire chief. 

Chief Dawn Carson: “there were a lot of other good chiefs that came before me. … Their gender did not matter because they did a good job.””

With a degree in sports medicine from Central Michigan University, becoming a firefighter was not part of Carson’s original plan. After seeing an advertisement 29 years ago that the East Lansing fire department would hire a paramedic firefighter in one year, Carson quit her job, went back to school, applied, and her journey began. She started as a paramedic and then worked as a firefighter for 22 years before becoming chief.

The search for Brendan Santo continues

Lansing Mayor Ron Bacon. Brendan Santo’s Oct. 29 disappearance has shaken not only Michigan State students but also surrounding communities. Santo was last seen around midnight near Yakeley Hall wearing gray sweatpants, a black T-shirt, Detroit Red Wings hat, and high-top Converse shoes, but there is no footage of him outside the building.

Brendan Santo missing poster pictured near a parking garage.

Search for Brendan Santo continues

On Friday, Oct. 29, Brendan Santo, a first-year student at Grand Valley State University, went missing on Michigan State University’s campus. Santo was last seen around midnight near Yakeley Hall wearing gray sweatpants, a black T-shirt, Detroit Red Wings hat, and high-top Converse shoes. In an email, MSU’s Vice President and Chief of Police Marlon Lynch, wrote  that the investigation has used advanced techniques to review cellular, smartphone, and GPS data.

Owner of the small business carries a light pink tote bag.

Fashion Fiber Festival is Saturday

The first Fashion Fiber Festival, presented by local businesses Seams and Woven Art Yarn Shop, will be this Saturday, Oct. 16, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on 325A Grove Street in East Lansing.