ELi's Peyton Lombardo brings us the history of an East Lansing landmark.

Erik M. Altmann says he’s tired of watching the City of East Lansing giving away money to developers and ignoring the needs of its neighborhoods.

“It’s out of control,” said the MSU professor of Psychology. “It started with City Center II. The city got starry-eyed and we are still paying for it.”

East Lansing's results are now in from City Clerk Marie Wicks, and both City Charter amendments have passed. The results have not been certified, but we have unofficial counts from Wicks.

The Charter amendment on marijuana had 3,079 votes in favor, 1653 votes against, coming to 65% in favor and 35% against.

The Charter amendment on public land sales had 2,458 votes in favor, 2241 votes against, coming to 52.3% in favor and 47.7% against.

This figures include absentee votes but are not yet official.

The second-floor smoking deck at Mac’s Bar was packed with black-clad, tattooed, pierced, and spiked humanity. Not Ann's natural habitat, but...

Six months after filming for “Batman vs. Superman” took over East Lansing, the comic world is again poised to take over the Lansing area with the start of Capital City Comic Con.

Starting Saturday morning at Haslett High School, Capital City Comic Con is bringing together artists, writers, collectors, vendors and fans for a celebration of all things comic, science fiction and game. Unlike the larger national events that inspired it, Capital City Comic Con has a decidedly local flavor.

Image: The empty lot now at 300 West Grand River Avenue (courtesy of Google streetview)

At its work session this week, City Council continued review of DTN’s “Gateway Project,” proposed for 300 West Grand River Avenue, an empty lot just to the east of the West Village 2 townhouse condos. Council and City staff also debated whether the project warrants public subsidy in the form of tax increment financing (TIF).