Oh, what a night in early February 1973. A relatively quiet storefront on Abbot Road in East Lansing would never be the same. Beggar’s Banquet, a hippie-dippy restaurant with fabulous food and a popular hangout … more

Under a newly revised executive order, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced this morning that social gatherings of 10 people or fewer can resume immediately across Michigan — just as long as people keep a six-foot distance and wear face coverings while inside enclosed spaces. more

Lansing Police Department officers will no longer bust down doors without knocking when they perform search warrants at homes within the city, officials said.  more

Developer Harry Hepler is claiming $22 million in damages from alleged legal malpractice in a lawsuit against Loomis, Ewert, Parsley, Davis & Gotting, the prominent … more

Lansing City Councilman Brandon Betz appears to have decided against resigning from office. more

Despite “legitimate differences of opinion,” with local cops, she enacted the change anyway. more

the Board of Fire Commissioners voted yesterday to recommend two finalists for the job: Battle Creek Fire Chief Brian Sturdivant and Sterling Heights Assistant Fire Chief Edwin Miller. more

FRIDAY, July 7 — Lansing and Detroit Police Department officials blamed today the Michigan State Police for providing incorrect information that led to an inaccurate news story yesterday … more

Do you have one and a half million bucks to spare? One of Lansing’s grandest and biggest old houses, the 1926 Potter House at 1348 Cambridge St., was listed for sale Wednesday. more

This Q&A is part of a daily series highlighting the many medical and recreational marijuana dispensaries across Greater Lansing. more

Michigan farmers can’t plant more wheat this year to make up for Ukrainian and Russian production that’s been lost to the ongoing war.  more

FRIDAY, July 28 — First Ward Lansing City Council Member Ryan Kost has changed his story about being unaware for the last 13 years that he owed over $10,000 to Eaton County District Court stemming from an auto accident. more

Lansing Mayor Andy Schor must have been feeling generous last month. more

The pandemic has shown us the critical necessity for healthcare workers. Even before the pandemic, the realities of an aging population required an influx of new healthcare workers to address rising care needs. Now, in the midst of the most critical public health event of our lifetimes, healthcare professionals are even more essential. more

The recreational marijuana industry is continuing to plant its roots in the capital city as Lansing’s third recreational marijuana dispensary opened its doors for adult-use sales earlier this morning.  more

Nearly 100 retired city employees gathered at Lansing Mayor Andy Schor’s house on Moores River Drive last week to protest a series of changes to their healthcare plans set to take effect next year. more

Lansing Mayor Andy Schor is rebooting plans to relocate or reconstruct City Hall, including the possibility of moving forward without a lockup for the Police Department. more

In the Lansing area, there were 15,275 unique job postings in September of 2020. That figure steadily climbed 44% over the following 12 months to 22,042 in August 2021. This impressive shift is likely tied to the large number of people that had left the workforce for various reasons over the past 18 months, including longer-term unemployment benefits lessening the financial pressure to return to work, hesitancy surrounding the pandemic and its effect on working conditions, perceived or actual risk of COVID-19 infection and family safety, schooling circumstances and childcare availability.  more

The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians is asking for the public’s help in gaining information for its recently created database to track and resolve cases of missing and murdered tribal members. more

About two dozen local organizers marched to Mayor Andy Schor’s house last night to demand that he “act with urgency” on police defunding, the group’s representative said today. more