East Lansing
Hub plans to add a pair of 14-story buildings
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Plans by the owners of the Hub, a new 12-story apartment building, to tear down five fraternity houses for two additional 14-story buildings, are running into some questions.
Environment
The last straw: Campus market goes greener, cuts back on plastic
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Sparty’s Market has gone greener by moving away from plastic straws.
East Lansing
Great Pumpkin Walk tries a Sunday to help parents
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East Lansing’s 2019 Great Pumpkin Walk tried a new schedule this year, running 1-4 p.m. Oct. 27 to accommodate working patents.
Article
Hundreds of teal flags along Grand River to honor survivors
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Hundreds of teal prayer flags will soon fly high over Grand River Avenue in a project to honor sexual abuse survivors. Exactly 505 flags, one for every known survivor of former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse, will line the street throughout April, which is sexual assault awareness month. Each one has a survivor’s name embroidered on it. Students and community members detailed the flags with messages of support. More than 4,000 people have helped personalize the flags.
Article
Endangered bats get sewer project, roadwork moving
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Underground sewer improvements along Michigan Avenue and Harrison Road will bring construction and lane closures this spring. Bats’ hibernation cycles are hurrying the project along.
Article
Number of stray cats down in Lansing, local programs help to reduce numbers
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The number of stray cats is reportedly down in Ingham County, but there is still a problem with unneutered and unspayed feral cats roaming the streets. With a spring increase expected, Here is what local residents can do to help.
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New technology allows Ingham residents to text 911
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Residents of Ingham county can now text 911 rather than just call. This has an effect on the law enforcement officers, firefighters and dispatchers.
Delta-Waverly
Michigan lawmakers contemplate snow day amnesty
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Michigan lawmakers are drafting bills that could forgive snow days during Lansing’s state of emergency. Many Michigan schools have already used nine days and some have gone over the limit and will have to make up class time.
Article
Meteorologist calls polar vortex bounceback ‘remarkable,’
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Just three days after the coldest air mass since 1994, East Lansing saw a ‘remarkable’ bounce-back in temperatures.
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Growth, arts and vision top Schor’s state of Lansing speech
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Lansing Mayor Andy Schor spoke about development, jobs, the arts and a vision for Lansing’s future in Wednesday’s State of the City address at the downtown Riverwalk Theatre.