LANSING — The skies over Greater Lansing should light up with fireworks Thursday night, part of the annual 4th of July celebration. Meteorologists with the National Weather Service are forecasting promising weather conditions that include highs in the mid-80s for those planning barbecues and beach time, and overnight lows in the mid-60s are expected for […]
LANSING, Kan. —The City of Lansing held its annual Independence Day event on Saturday. The celebration ended with a fireworks display. “I’ve heard you can see it for multiple miles around,” Jeff Lawler, who was at the Lansing Independence Holiday event, said. “So we’ll see how good it is this year.” Shawnee fireworks show rescheduled following […]
LANSING — The Lansing Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing person. Payton Einsporn, 19, was last seen in the 3500 block of Oakmont Drive, the department said in a social media post on Friday afternoon. She remains missing as of 1 p.m. on Saturday. She is 5’5” and weighs […]
LANSING — The Lansing region is set to get big money in earmarks from the state budget for the second year in a row. While the allocations for specific projects or purposes, which were passed by the Legislature but have not yet been signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, are less than half the approximately $150 […]
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– Lansing Police arrested Michigan Representative Neil Friske (R-107th Dist.) Thursday morning in Lansing. Police were dispatched to the 2100 block of Forest Rd near Aurelius Rd, around 2:45 a.m. where they were told a man had a gun and shots had been fired. When Lansing Police officers arrived they said they found […]
Rep. Neil Friske on the floor of the Michigan House of Representatives, at the Michigan Capitol, in Lansing, Mich., Oct. 10, 2023. Police arrested the Republican lawmaker early Thursday, June 20, 2024, while responding to reports of possible gunshots in Michigan’s capital city, authorities said. Rep. Friske was arrested “for a felony-level offense” around 2:45 […]
GRAND RAPIDS — A Lansing man who reportedly posted a photo of himself with a converted handgun on social media has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison. Michael Andrew Thomas, 20, pleaded guilty to possessing a machine gun and was sentenced Tuesday to 46 months in prison, U.S. District Court records indicate. […]
LANSING — Lansing police are investigating the shooting death of a 35-year-old man that happened Saturday night in the 4000 block of MacDougal Circle. Police said in a release they were dispatched to that area of southwest Lansing, near the intersection of Waverly and Jolly roads, around 10:19 p.m. because of reports of a shooting. […]
GRAND RAPIDS — A Lansing-based electrical contractor has agreed to pay nine former employees more than $400,000 to resolve a federal lawsuit over “rampant racism.” Six former employees sued United Electrical Contractors, 1314 N. Larch St., in federal court in 2022, although nine former workers were eventually part of lawsuit. This week they accepted the […]
LANSING — The city is suing a south Lansing apartment building owner in an effort to force repairs at 147 apartments that have been deemed unsafe by Lansing inspectors. The remaining units, around 190 apartments at the Woodside Meadows Apartments, also known as Sycamore Townhomes at 4590 Seaway Drive, near the intersection of Waverly and […]
LANSING — Will we see the Northern Lights? Or northern-lite? The forecast is still unclear but space weather forecasters say there will be chances this week for a dazzling Northern Lights display in Michigan, similar to the stunning celestial show around May 10. Forecasters gave stargazers in northern and upper Midwestern states hope for a show in […]
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – Tuesday’s press conference with promises of an aggressive enforcement of the city’s curfew ordinance is not a new strategy to address an uptick in gun violence amongst this city’s youth. During the administration of former Mayor Virg Bernero, a citywide crackdown on curfew violations was brought to bear in the city, […]