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Attorney Mike Nichols will get some of the records initially denied to him in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. That includes texts, photos and browser histories from one current and two former City Council members.

Our live music picks in Austin for Feb. 3-9 include local luminaries Jackie Venson and Kiko Villamizar, Mexico rising star Silvana Estrada and more.

Kendal’s senior Colts took centre stage at Mint Bridge over the weekend following the postponement of the first team fixture at Birkenhead Park.

What once was trash, can be given another life. And can now be done, a little closer to home. The cities of Lansing and East Lansing have a new recycling and sorting facility.

Former East Lansing City Council member Shanna Draheim has been appointed for a 10-week term on the council.

Credit Courtesy / City of East Lansing The game of musical chairs on the East Lansing City Council continues with seven candidates running for three seats in the Nov. 2 election. Five candidates — Daniel Bollman, George Brookover, Adam DeLay, Chuck Grigsby and incumbent Dana Watson — filed this month to compete for two seats serving full, four-year terms. There’s also a partial, two-year term coming open. That’s the seat vacated by former Mayor Pro Tem Mark Meadows. Both Meadows and for...

1:12 WKARs Sarah Lehr reports on a new policy regarding disorderly conduct charges in East Lansing. It instructs the city attorney to consider the underlying behavior of the people involved and whether police could have used a different approach. According to the policy, the city attorney should not file disorderly conduct charges and dismiss ones already filed if doing so is in the interest of “justice and fairness.” East Lansing Mayor Aaron Stephens says disorderly conduct can be defined ...

College towns felt ignored by universities and resented the students. Then COVID-19 hit. Chrissie Thompson, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT A dozen mayors wrote to Big Ten officials last fall. Football was returning to their communities, and they wanted help. “We humbly request,” the mayors wrote, “a few practical measures that the Big Ten Conference can take to ensure we have the tools we need to combat the spread of COVID-19.” A humble request. The words are telling: a...

USA TODAY A dozen mayors wrote to Big Ten officials last fall. Football was returning to their communities, and they wanted help. “We humbly request,” the mayors wrote, “a few practical measures that the Big Ten Conference can take to ensure we have the tools we need to combat the spread of COVID-19.” A humble request. The words are telling: about where power lies, and where it doesn’t. And about where the leaders of these Big Ten college towns — often dwarfed in size and in influen...

View Comments EAST LANSING —  East Lansing officials are raising concerns as a debate over short-term rentals resurfaces in the Michigan Legislature. Bills moving through the House and Senate would stop local governments from using zoning to ban or restrict vacation rentals, like the ones available through Airbnb or Vrbo. East Lasing has 21 overlay districts where rentals, including short-term rentals, at single-family homes are prohibited or restricted. But if House Bill 4722 or Senate...