The East Lansing City Council officially set its budget for fiscal year 2026, opting to keep funding for parks and burn through about $2 million in reserve funds. Leading up to the decision, there was ...

The 15th annual Pumpstock Festival featuring music, children’s activities, music education and more will return to Bailey Park on Saturday, June 7. East Lansing resident Smitty Smith spearheads the ...

Members of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission had a simple, unified message for City Council after their Wednesday, May 21 meeting: if you’re looking to make cuts in the city budget, look ...

Bill Krieger’s prospects weren’t looking bright in 1983. He had graduated from Lansing’s Eastern High School, but “bombed out of college,” and his East Lansing girlfriend had dumped him. Add to that ...

East Lansing officials are considering slashing more than $2.6 million from the Parks and Recreation Department budget, as city leaders grapple with a projected $3.1 million deficit in the next fiscal ...

East Lansing head basketball coach Ray Mitchell smiles and looks at one of the school’s nets after it was cut down during an event Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Brian Wells for ELi) ...

Trophies and plaques won by the East Lansing High School basketball team are displayed in the school’s student union during an event Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Brian Wells for ELi) ...

In addition to flowers, candles and luminaries, people hung signs on the base of the Sparty statue.

In the hours after his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed more than two dozen executive orders, some targeting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the federal government and ...

Bailey Preschool & Childcare Center is under investigation by the Michigan Bureau of Professional Licensing. The complaint alleges that a child under the center’s care was physically restrained by a ...

Over the next several weeks, ELi will bring you articles highlighting the choices for state- and county-wide election. We seek to interview each of the major candidates for these offices and share an ...

There are six candidates running to fill four slots on the East Lansing Board of Education. To help residents get to know who is running, ELi asked each candidate to answer three questions in 250 ...