I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Updated, 3:26 a.m. EAST LANSING — The Michigan State Spartans lost to the North Carolina Tar Heels 72-89 on Monday night during the NCAA men’s basketball finals in Detroit. Police in East Lansing expect large crowds of Spartan fans to venture out following the game and are preparing for possible disturbances downtown and elsewhere near [...]
EAST LANSING — Police officials are expecting large crowds following tonight’s NCAA men’s basketball game between the Michigan State Spartans and the North Carolina Tar Heels in Detroit. “We are planning on having a large group of people in downtown or in Cedar Village,” said Lt. Kevin Daley, public information officer for the East Lansing [...]
EAST LANSING — City police said they made 60 arrests on Saturday night and early Sunday morning following Michigan State’s win over Connecticut in the NCAA Final Four semifinals — nearly six times an average Saturday night in the college town that has been known for rioting over the years. Most of the arrests were [...]
As eyes turn their focus onto Detroit and the Final Four game between MSU and Connecticut on Saturday, and reminders of NCAA Final Four disturbances come up, student leaders at Michigan State University are calling for calm. In a press release titled: “Fearing riots, MSU Student Government calls for responsible Final Four party behavior,” the [...]
Michigan State University has won a $550 million dollar grant from the Department of Energy to create an updated particle acceleration study program. MSU beat out Argonne National Laboratory for the grant, which is expected to create $1 billion in economic growth and $187 million in tax revenues over the next 20 years, as well [...]
In an e-mail exchange with Richard Cole, chair of the Michigan State University Department of Advertising, Public Relations and Retailing told Michigan Messenger that he agrees with his colleagues from the Olin Health Center that the controversial Durex condom ads are not responsible.
Less than twenty-four hours after the Michigan state house overwhelmingly approved the passage of a package of bills to expand the state’s Ethnic Intimidation Act, a California mother of a murdered transgender teen encourage the state senate to move on the bills.
In 1992, I was working for the Lansing Community College newspaper, The Lookout, and I had the opportunity to see then-Gov. Bill Clinton speak at Michigan State University’s Beaumont Tower. He was there in 1992 to snub then-President George H.W. Bush, who was fighting against debating Clinton. It was termed the non-debate debate. That year, [...]
The East Lansing Police Department and its riot task force continue reviewing videos, pictures and websites to identify criminal activity and suspects from the April 5 Cedar Fest riots. To date, the ELPD reports it has received 42 tips, eight photographs and one video to aid in its investigation. In addition, it has identified 11 [...]
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