May 5, 2026

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Rina Risper

Cultivating Life: In cold winter, insect-eating birds need special consideration

Rina Risper07 mins

The yellow-rumped warbler is just one of the many insect-eating birds that you can help survive the winter by setting out feeders with suet or mealworm. Photo by Steve Byland, FotoliaBy Sean Conway

Tribune Content Agency
 
When I got out of bed this morning the thermometer outside my window read a mere 12 degrees. Several inches of new snow fell overnight, and as soon as the sun popped up over the horizon the brightness was almost blinding.

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News Spotlight: Robbery at QD Photos Released

Rina Risper03 mins

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at approximately 8:40 p.m. Ingham County dispatch sent Lansing Police to a Robbery at the Wendy’s restaurant in the 3600 block of S. Martin L. King. While enroute Officers were updated with information that the suspect left.

 

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News Spotlight: MI Carpenters, Volunteers, Businesses Surprise Wounded Veteran, Family with New Home, Job

Rina Risper04 mins

  TAYLOR, MI – Christopher Holcomb served the nation as a Marine in Afghanistan, spearheading the global fight against terrorism. He also bore the scars of being in a forward combat position, sustaining a serious injury during his Afghanistan deployment.

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News Spotlight: Russian President Putin’s Fiction: 10 False Claims About Ukraine

Rina Risper09 mins

 As Russia spins a false narrative to justify its illegal actions in Ukraine, the world has not seen such startling Russian fiction since Dostoyevsky wrote, “The formula ‘two times two equals five’ is not without its attractions.”
 
 

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News Spotlight: General Motors May Build New Stamping Plant in Lansing

Rina Risper04 mins

  

 
Expansion of Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant would keep GM’s Lansing facilities competitive on global stage

 
LANSING, MI – General Motors’ Lansing Grand River Assembly (LGR) manufacturing complex could grow by 225,000 square feet and add dozens of new jobs with the possible construction of a new cutting-edge stamping facility.

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News Spotlight: Robbery at PNC Bank Earlier Today

Rina Risper02 mins

 

Today, Robbery at PNC Bank
 
Medium completion black male, small in build (5’5”) approximately 30 years old wearing a navy blue stocking hat, navy blue puffy jacket (red Nike on chest), blue jeans and sun glasses.
 

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Dance Troupe Continues the Legacy

Rina Risper08 mins

 Heather Taylor has led her dance group through spirit, movement and peace for many years.  They have touched many hearts and minds on a global level.

 
From bottom left to right:
 
Taliah Taylor
Tiffany Taylor
Megan Peterson
Heather Taylor
Malinda Milton
Kenya Milton
Martha Rogers-Milton
 
In the middle:
Christina Weiss and 
Anastasia Thomas-Cruze
 
Courtesy photo

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Your Other 8 Hours: Going through a divorce? 3 Common fears and how to eliminate them

Rina Risper08 mins

 

 
 

By Robert Pagliarini, 
Tribune Media Services
 
Divorce can feel like a full-time job. It can be all-consuming, affecting every aspect of your life. Between the (sometimes) contentious texts with your ex-partner, phone calls to your attorney and figuring out child custody, where you are going to live and how your new life will look, there is almost always a sense of uncertainty or fear just below the surface.
 

 

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