If you need a break from chain cafés, look no further than Toads, a rustic-looking hole in the wall in the heart of downtown ...

After making a splash on the national scene in Memphis, Tennessee, earlier this year, Lansing bluesman Justin Deason and his ...

Ryan Effgen is quick to clarify that “Make Nice” (Knopf $30) isn’t his debut novel. “This is my debut published novel,” he ...

Journalist and author Bryan Gruley began his “Bitterfrost” series out of necessity. “I had to seek a new publisher, and no new publisher was likely to be interested in a series originally published ...

An annual spectacle of sculpture and sustainability returns to Old Town this weekend. The 16th annual ScrapFest will feature a scrap-metal sculpture competition and auction, a “ReFashion Show” ...

On Saturday, Lansing’s historic Turner-Dodge House will be enchanted by the fifth annual Fairytale Festival, featuring 25 whimsical vendors, live performances, opportunities to meet beloved fairytale ...

In honor of Independence Day, Ourspace 517 will host a special edition of its popular Soul Lounge event series. The day begins with a vintage market, powered by Wake Up Call, from 3 to 8 p.m., ...

The Lansing City Council on Monday approved a $307 million budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year (which begins July 10), an increase of less than one percent compared to the current year. The budget ...

Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum and her husband are denying they used “political influence” to get their son admitted to Mason High School after the district had ...

J.E.B. Stuart High School, named after a Confederate general, outside of the writer’s hometown, was renamed to Justice High School in 2017. – Brakkton Booker The enscription on Blair’s statue carries ...

Former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield and his wife, Stephanie Chatfield, have a trial date on charges of running a criminal enterprise and embezzling large sums of money from a political ...

In his career as an educator, Lansing Community College President Steve Robinson has been a great many things. One of them, though, has not been a historical preservationist — until now. It’s a role ...