Welcome to the latest week of an initiative celebrating the achievements of high school students in Greater Lansing. Every week, school leaders across the region will nominate students for recognition. And it’s your job to vote for a winner. Here are the students in the running for this week’s Lansing State Journal Student of the […]
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Michigan State Police release video of arrest of Lansing double homicide suspect
MSP Trooper One video of the arrest on Saturday, April 20th of the Lansing double homicide suspect. MSP Special Investigation Section Detectives and the MSP Emergency Support Team made the arrest in Crego Park. The arrest was made without incident. Great work Troopers. pic.twitter.com/fY7fA5k1Ej — MSP First District (@MSPFirstDist) April 25, 2024 LANSING – Michigan […]
Tom Izzo is running for state representative in Lansing. But it’s more complicated than that
LANSING — Tom Izzo will be on the August ballot as a Republican candidate for state representative. If your reaction is why would a Hall of Fame basketball coach run for public office, you’re probably thinking of Tom Michael Izzo, the longtime Michigan State University basketball coach. Tom Gerald Izzo, a candidate for the 74th […]
Got plants in the ground already? Frost advisory issued for Lansing region
LANSING – If you took advantage of the sunshine and temperatures in the low 50s Sunday to plant some spring flowers or vegetables, beware. The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for much of Lower Michigan, including the entire Lansing region, from midnight to 8 a.m. Monday morning. The advisory spans from Benton […]
Man ‘wanted for questioning’ in Lansing double homicide investigation
LANSING — Police identified a man Saturday they said was “wanted for questioning in connection to a double homicide” that happened Thursday. Police said, in a Facebook post, that they are looking for Dennis (Josh) Whaley, 51. Information about him can be sent to Detective Sgt. Troy Johnston at 517-483-6867. Two people were found dead […]
The Goat Marketplace & Bistro closed in the Lansing Mall. Now, a partner is alleging illegal liquor sales, unpaid rent
Less than two months after The Goat Marketplace and Bistro, a restaurant inside the Lansing Mall, closed its doors one of the restaurant’s partners is suing another. DELTA TWP. — Less than two months after The Goat Marketplace and Bistro, a restaurant inside the Lansing Mall, closed its doors one of the business’s partners has […]
Vote for the Lansing State Journal student of the week for April 8-11
After a pause for spring break, the Lansing State Journal is excited to start celebrating Greater Lansing’s high school students again! If you’ve forgotten, every week school leaders across the region nominate students for recognition. And it’s your job to vote for a winner. Here are the students in the running for this week’s Lansing […]
Lansing area could get $3.5 million for new or repaired housing units
LANSING — The new MI Neighborhood grant program, with $60 million a year, could help Lansing area homeowners and developers fix up broken homes and build new ones. The Lansing area is expected to get about $3.5 million of that grant money to help some of its estimated 7,500 homes that are in significant need […]
3 ways Lansing area residents can get ready for the total solar eclipse
Dog shot and killed after attacking man in north Lansing
LANSING — A man shot and killed a dog in north Lansing on Wednesday night after the canine broke away from where it was leashed on a neighbor’s property and attacked him, police said. The incident happened about 7:30 p.m. in the 1000 block of North Cedar Street, Lansing Police Public Information Director Jordan Gulkis […]
Which route should you drive between Lansing and Mason?
MASON — It’s the county seat of the county where Michigan’s capitol sits, but while the damn roads are being fixed, how exactly do you get to Mason from Lansing? Or to Lansing from the Mason area? The Michigan Department of Transportation is in the midst of a years-long remake of US 127 in Ingham […]
3 shootings, 1 police chase, 1 arrest overnight in Lansing
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Police had a busy morning in the early hours of Sunday, with three shootings in the city of Lansing between 1:30-4:30 a.m. A suspect also led several police agencies on a chase from the southside to the northside of Lansing in the early hours of the morning. As of early Sunday […]