http://www.statenews.com Stories from The State News en-us Gryphon 2.2.3b-tsn (woodward)/Foundry5 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:10:56 -0500 webmaster@statenews.com http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/2_mich_officers_on_leave_after_taser_incidents_el_on_watch In the midst of two Taser-related officer suspensions within the past week in Michigan, East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert said the city’s department has had no issues involving Tasers. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:32:04 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/2_mich_officers_on_leave_after_taser_incidents_el_on_watch http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/michigan_state_police_troopers_return_to_posts Fifty-five of the 100 Michigan State Police troopers laid off in June have returned to their jobs with support from state budget funding. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:22:38 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/michigan_state_police_troopers_return_to_posts http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/el_secretary_of_state_to_merge_with_lansing_branch MSU students and East Lansing residents might have to trek to the Frandor Shopping Center to renew their driver’s licenses in upcoming years. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:07:06 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/el_secretary_of_state_to_merge_with_lansing_branch http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/childrens_theatre_receives_3_grants The All-of-Us Express Children’s Theatre received three grants to support children’s theater and a winter production of “How Reading Came Back to Nowhere” at the East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:10:56 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/childrens_theatre_receives_3_grants http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/state_aims_to_revive_struggling_cities Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Wednesday the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, or MEDC, is helping 10 Michigan companies and backing two brownfield redevelopment projects that are expected to create 2,245 jobs and retain 11,254 jobs. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:58:36 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/state_aims_to_revive_struggling_cities http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/sing_along_with_choral_society The MSU Choral Society is sponsoring a Sing-Along Messiah performance at 7 p.m. Dec. 13 at Edgewood United Church, 469 N. Hagadorn Road. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:50:16 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/sing_along_with_choral_society http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/give_handmade_gifts_from_holiday_market The Lansing Art Gallery Holiday Art Market will feature the work of more than 100 artists. Featured art will include jewelry, sculpture, paintings, pottery, wearable art and handmade crafts. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:49:22 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/give_handmade_gifts_from_holiday_market http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/volunteers_to_pass_out_food_baskets The Old Town Commercial Association is providing for more than 100 families. Volunteers will help distribute food baskets from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 23 at the North Presbyterian Church, 108 W. Grand River Ave., in Lansing. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:48:30 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/volunteers_to_pass_out_food_baskets http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/extreme_entrepreneurship_tour_guides_aspiring_business_students Michael Simmons was 16 when he started his first company. He started his Web development company, Princeton WebSolutions, in 1998. Since then, he’s won various awards, co-founded the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour and written three books. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:47:51 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/extreme_entrepreneurship_tour_guides_aspiring_business_students http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/text_alert_system_to_be_launched_in_lansing Although the city of Lansing has announced plans to unveil a system that will alert residents of emergencies, road closings, sports cancellations and more, city officials said no similar system currently is planned for East Lansing. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:01:23 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/text_alert_system_to_be_launched_in_lansing http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/senate_has_not_yet_taken_action_on_smoking_ban_bill The smoke still has not cleared between the Michigan House and Senate on whether state residents should be allowed to enjoy cigarettes while dining. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:00:24 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/senate_has_not_yet_taken_action_on_smoking_ban_bill http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/local_food_bank_accepting_food_items MSU is accepting donations of nonperishable food and personal care items this week for a drive to benefit both the Greater Lansing Food Bank and MSU Student Food Bank. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:58:16 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/local_food_bank_accepting_food_items http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/killing_kasztner_backs_unsung_hero_of_wwii There are not many instances in which history would demonize a man responsible for covertly sending 1,600 Jewish people to safety in the face of a Nazi invasion, but that is the controversy surrounding Israel Kasztner. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:54:20 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/killing_kasztner_backs_unsung_hero_of_wwii http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/amendment_removes_regulations_on_baby_sitters_working_from_home Megan Stratton gets most of her extra spending money from baby-sitting families in the East Lansing area, and, to make it easier on her clients, she sometimes allows parents to drop their children off at her apartment. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:47:05 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/amendment_removes_regulations_on_baby_sitters_working_from_home http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/sign_of_the_times Friendship Baptist Church still isn’t complete. Its members are waiting on a final piece — a pipe organ. Since 2002, the church’s members have been working to bring the sound they miss from their old sanctuary to their new place of worship at 2912 Pleasant Grove Road, in Lansing. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:45:19 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/sign_of_the_times http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/company_to_offer_new_holiday_lights The Lansing Board of Water and Light will exchange old strands of incandescent holiday lights for new strands of LED holiday lights Thursday. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:41:03 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/11/company_to_offer_new_holiday_lights