Ingham County News Archives

Ingham County Sheriff Deputies have released the name of the two men who drown in a lake near Mason after their boat capsized at around 5:20 pm Tuesday.

MASON - Barb Hensinger, president of the Mason Board of Education, will be the new manager of the Ingham County Fair.

With the Ingham County Board of Commissioners' passage of the fiscal year 2010 budget Oct.

UPDATED 11:42 AM - AURELIUS TWP. - Two drowning victims at a lake in the Columbia Lakes subdivision would be alive today if they had been wearing their life vests, an emergency official said.

A state trooper could be spending the rest of his life behind bars after police say he raped two women-- and assaulted one of them.

Mass Vaccination Clinic Schedule for those who live in Ingham County: A Thursday, October 29, 2009 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm Chippewa Middle School, Okemos A November 5, 2009 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm Hill Career Academy, Lansing A November 7, 2009 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Hill Career Academy, Lansing A November 10, 2009 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm Pattengill Middle School, ...

A 35-year-old Ingham Township man, who was arrested earlier this year after a standoff with police, pleaded guilty Wednesday to engaging in sexual acts with a girl under 13 years old.

An update to a story we brought you first- a fishing trip turns deadly. Two men were fishing in a canoe when it overturned.

UPDATED 2:45 PM -- A Michigan State Police trooper was charged today with raping two women, court documents show.

Sergeant Danielle Patrick takes pride in patrolling the streets and protecting the public.

At least one person is dead after a canoe tipped over in an Ingham County lake. The lake is near the intersection of Columbia and Edgar Roads, just west of Mason.

UPDATED 7:05 PM -- MASON - Divers are bringing a body to shore from Columbia Lake near Mason and will call off the search for a second victim until the morning, according to Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth.

Prosecutors have dismissed the case against a 20-year-old Lansing man, who had faced charges including murder in connection with a shooting earlier this year in Lansing's Hunter Park.

President Barack Obama declaring the H1N1 virus a national emergency hasn't sent local hospitals and agencies scrambling, but officials are concerned about the amount of H1N1 vaccine available in Ingham County.

A 17-year-old Michigan State University student has been charged with making a terrorist threat or false report of terrorism, according to MSU police.

It's been a long time coming, but the H1N1 vaccine is finally here. Saturday was the very first vaccination clinic in Ingham County.

In 42-degree weather this morning, amid a constant drizzle of rain, Lansing resident Chris King, 30, took his place at the back of a line hundreds of people long so that his two young children could get H1N1 vaccines.

One person is dead following a morning car crash in rural Ingham County. Emergency crews were sent to the intersection of Columbia Road and Osborne Road just northeast of Dansville Friday morning at 8 o'clock. There the found a single car smashed and on fire.

EAST LANSING - A 35-year-old resident at Michigan State University's veterinary teaching hospital accused of kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct involving a teenage girl.

This editorial is reprinted from the Lansing State Journal, where it first appeared.

Got an extra $5 million lying around? Anyone? That's the difference between what Ingham County's various departments wanted to spend in 2010 and what they likely will get to spend.

Despite what East Lansing Police Capt. Tom Johnstone called a "relatively quiet night" following Michigan State University's Homecoming football win, ELPD officers reported several serious incidents during the weekend.

Firefighters from numerous departments in Eaton and Ingham counties are working tonight at a fire at the Robin's Nest Restaurant south of Eaton Rapids.

UPDATED 2:45 PM -- East Lansing's Marble Elementary and DeWitt's Scott Elementary are the latest mid-Michigan school to shutter as a result of H1N1 infections.

MASON - A 27-year-old Lansing man accused of killing a woman and her son in an April drunken driving crash has been found competent to stand trial.

Investigators say an Indiana state trooper was one of three armed men who broke into the home of a Lansing couple and robbed them.

Temp: 61.0 F Wind Chill: 58 F Font Size: Former Ingham County Judge Beverly Nettles-Nickerson will not have to stand trial for drunk driving.

A Michigan court has thrown out drunk driving charges against the former Ingham County Judge.

A drunken driving charge against former Ingham County Judge Beverley Nettles-Nickerson -- who was arrested for the offense in a parked vehicle -- has been dismissed, according to court officials.

A routine traffic stop turns into a meth bust Saturday morning in Mason. The Ingham County Sheriff's Office tells News 10 they pulled over a 48-year-old man on Barnes road and U.S. 127 at around 11:30am. That's when they found crystal meth and a mobile meth lab inside of his car.

VEVAY TWP. -- A 48-year-old man was arrested this morning after police say they found crystal methamphetamine and materials used in its manufacture in his vehicle during a traffic stop.

Three weeks into the archery deer season, the calls are starting to trickle in from hunters wanting to know how they can donate venison to help feed the hungry.

The East Lansing Police Department arrested a suspect in a case of criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping Wednesday.

The Ingham County Board of Commissioners tonight gets its first peek at the proposed 2010 county budget.

Minors wouldn't be prosecuted for underage drinking if they or their friends call 911 for medical assistance under legislation approved Wednesday with backing from Michigan law enforcement and college students.

Mention dog licenses - as I did in Tuesday's column - and you're bound to revive the time-honored dog fight : Why require licenses for dogs, but not cats? And, when you think about it, it's a pretty good question.

The swine flu vaccine is finally here. The Ingham County Health Department on Tuesday received its first shipment of the H1N1 flu vaccine, which it is administering to at-risk patients.

Officials from the Ingham County Health Department say they have received 2300 doses of the H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine.

Two Lansing men were arraigned in court today on charges stemming from Friday's armed robbery involving gunshots at the Causeway Bay Hotel, said Lt.

A judge has ruled that a former Michigan State University law school student had a First Amendment right to confront a university parking officer who had ticketed his SUV.

DELHI TWP. - Calling it a "bitter economic reality," the Delhi Township Board of Trustees voted Oct.

MASON - Kennel technicians Gail Sinnaeve and Sarah Erickson pace through Ingham County Animal Control's shelter, deciding which cats and dogs will be euthanized because of the facility's capacity issues.

MASON, Mich. - A Lansing-area investment adviser accused of defrauding investors of hundreds of thousands of dollars has been sentenced to five to 30 years in prison.

A 49-year-old man pleaded guilty today to killing killing a homeless veteran behind the Lansing Volunteers of America complex.

More area residents are relying on food stamps to fill their pantries as the local economy remains in the dumps.

Competition for Ingham County's piece of the federal stimulus pie just got tougher.

A corporation owned in part by Jackson County Commissioner Philip Duckham will not immediately face charges after one of its drivers violated an ordinance by dumping county trash in Hillsdale.

Two men are in the Ingham County Jail after a drug bust in Delhi Township. The two suspects were coming from a wooded area on Willoughby road near Gunn road when one of the men tossed a trash bag with nine marijuana plants in a ditch.