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Residents at Chandler Crossings apartments are fed up with management. Within the first week of moving in, residents have filed multiple maintenance work orders and complaints to the leasing office.
Lansing resident Angela Bowellan returned home on March 23 to find a red sign on her door indicating she had two days to move out of her apartment. “Unsafe do not enter,” the sign read. If she continued to live in her apartment past the designated time frame, she would face trespassing charges.
After going through a lot in the last year, now Michigan State University students and staff are facing a new problem: a scare of car thefts, robberies, and burglaries.
As a part of Michigan State’s move to increase safety on campus, staff recently installed metal detectors at every entry at Spartan Stadium. Holding 75,000 people, the new installation didn’t slow down event goers from getting into the stadium as quickly as possible for Saturday’s game.
On July 20, Danielle Jones walked out of Brody Hall after her internship meeting for the Summer Research Opportunities Program at Michigan State University. As she made her way to her car she could see a small paper underneath her windshield wiper.
East Lansing residents said off-campus student housing has taken a turn for the worst at Michigan State University. At The Villages of Chandler Crossing, an off-campus apartment complex far down Abbot Road, one mom couldn’t help but laugh at the condition of her son’s apartment as she moved him in.
BIRTH EQUITY: The Department of Health and Human Services has a plan to eliminate birth-related inequities for pregnant women and their infants regardless of race and ethnicity. March of Dimes gives Michigan a D+ grade for its high proportion of premature births and high infant mortality rate. We also hear from a midwife who founded a birthing cnter in Traverse City. By Brandy Muz. FOR TRAVERSE CITY, BAY MILLS, DETROIT, LANSING CITY PULSE AND ALL POINTS.
SPEEDING FATAL CRASHES: Michigan has the country’s ninth-lowest rate of speeding-related fatal crashes, a new analysis shows. Neighboring Indiana ranks even better, while Ohio and Wisconsin are worse. Non-interstates are more deadly than the superhighways. The Office of Highway Safety Planning and State Police offer comments. Imcludes reference to Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties. By Kenzie Terpstra. FOR DETROIT, IRON MOUNTAIN, COLDWATER, HILLSDALE, THREE RIVERS, STURGIS, MONROE, ADRIAN, BLISSFIELD AND ALL POINTS.
RAILROAD DEATHS: Western Michigan University researchers see a need for more information about train-pedestrian and train-motor vehicle fatalities to combat a rising number of deaths nationally. They advocate mandatory audio and video cameras and giving crash investigators access to the recordings. They analyzed 14 West Michigan fatalities, nine involving pedestrians and five involving vehicles. We talk to MDOT and Michigan Operation Lifesaver. By Kayte Marshall. FOR LUDINGTON, HOLLAND, GREENVILLE, OCEANA COUNTY, STURGIS, THREE RIVERS, TRAVERSE CITY, HARBOR SPRINGS, WKTV, LAKE COUNTY AND ALL POINTS.
POLICE ACCREDITATION: At a time when law enforcement agencies are under scrutiny for excessive force incidents, racial profiling and other conduct, many Michigan police departments have opted to improve their procedures and training to secure accreditation. So far this year, departments in Clawson, East Lansing, Marshall, Royal Oak, Southgate, Walker and South Lyon were accredited. We hear from the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police and Petoskey police chief. By Stephanie Rauhe. FOR PETOSKEY, DETROIT, WKTV, LANSING CITY PULSE AND ALL POINTS.