Lansing News

Dan Schwaiger was turning away volunteers Thursday afternoon. Calls were still coming in to his Flap Jack Restaurant on U.S. 27 in DeWitt Township, where Schwaiger was offering free Thanksgiving meals to anyone who needed or wanted one.

OCEOLA TWP. -- A 23-year-old Lansing man involved in a two-vehicle Thanksgiving Day crash remained hospitalized today, officials say.

CHARLOTTE - Lansing Concert Band will present its annual Holiday Festival Concert on Saturday, Dec.

EAST LANSING - Taxi stands in the downtown have been relocated to M.A.C. Avenue from Albert Avenue.

An ambulance transporting a patient to Sparrow Hospital Thursday evening caught fire, according to the Lansing Fire Department.

Wind Chill: 40 F Font Size: The City of Lansing says it will close offices for nine days over the next seven months as it tries to make up a budget shortfall of almost $3 million.

A preliminary hearing began today for two men charged with storming the Lansing home of a couple in their 60s.

Joe Lipsey looks like he could still step into the ring today. It's hard to believe his fight against Bernard Hopkins for the IBF middleweight title was almost 14 years ago.

The new Lansing City Market will open Dec. 31, a month later than originally announced, so that market vendors can capitalize on the holiday season with a minimum of disruptions, officials said today.

SPRING HILL - At its peak, about 7,800 people clocked in daily for work at the Saturn plant.

LANSING -- Four people have been charged in connection with a robbery Sunday at a south Lansing apartment.

About 550 Lansing city employees will take nine unpaid furlough days through next summer to help close a $3 million projected budget shortfall for the city.

Blackboard flu hit Dearborn's Fordson High School on Tuesday -- but there weren't any teachers among those absent.

The city of Lansing braces for deep cuts. The mayor of Lansing anticipates a 3-million dollar shortfall for the city's 2010 budget.

LANSING - There's nothing wrong with Michigan that raising taxes by $6.5 billion a year can't fix, a Washtenaw County lawmaker said this morning, calling for hikes in the state's business, sales and income taxes.

LANSING - Four people are in custody following the armed robbery at a south Lansing apartment Sunday, police said today.

Police suspect alcohol "probably played a part" in the death of a former high school valedictorian found unresponsive at his college fraternity fraternity Saturday.

About two dozen protesters are expected to picket in front of City Hall today to criticize the potential seating of newly elected Tina Houghton on the Lansing City Council.

For many, shopping on Black Friday means diving into a mosh pit of merchandise, catching more elbows than Xboxes.

LANSING - The last time Kisha Skinner talked to her longtime boyfriend Corey Williams he called her cell phone and asked where she was.