News Spotlight: Lansing Police Sergeant Suspended

 On Thursday, August 18, 2016, Lansing Police Chief Mike Yankowski placed Sergeant Charles Funk, an 18-year department employee, on administrative leave while a criminal investigation was being conducted by the Michigan State Police (MSP).

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“Team Hope” Raises Money and Awareness for Huntington’s Disease

  Dawn (Hatter) Perry (far right) and her daughter, Lindsey Smith (far left) visit Kevin Hatter in the community room at East Lansing Health Care.  Kevin loved Christmas.  He was 47 years of age in photo with Santa.  He died three weeks later from Huntington’s Disease complications.

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The Keyzer Chronicles!: I’m Going On An Adventure!

 By Aleshia Keyzer

 
I’ve recently been on a documentary kick on Netflix. I’ve always found them boring before, and I’ve often wondered who in their right mind would choose a documentary over the thousands of other options available (my brother would). 

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PET WORLD: Huskies, wolves, dog food and fish

 

By Marc Morrone
Tribune Content Agency
 
   Q: My son loves wolves and he wants to get a Siberian husky but I heard that since they look like wolves they act like them too, and that they can turn on you, and be unpredictable. 

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Cuban Band Orquesta Ritmo Set to Play at the Great Lakes Folk Festival

 Great Lakes Folk Festival Schedule

Friday, August 12,  6:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, August 13, noon – 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 14, noon – 6:00 p.m.
 
Orquesta  Ritmo Schedule
Saturday – 9:30 p.m.
Sunday – 4:30 p.m.

www.greatlakesfolkfest.net

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The Keyzer Chronicles!: For the Love of Old Things

 

By Aleshia Keyzer

 
Throughout the past few years, I have acquired a collection of junk. Old, eclectic, useless, beautiful things. I have no room to store the trillions of old vinyl records I’ve collected. 

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Adolescent exposure to drugs, alcohol fuels use in adulthood

 

EAST LANSING, MI — Teenagers who have easy access to drugs and alcohol in the home are more likely to drink and do drugs in their early and late 20s. That’s according to the one of the first studies to look at how adolescent exposure to illegal substances affects patterns of abuse in adulthood.

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Jack Pitts Open Golf Tournament Helps Those in Need

 Dr. Damon Davis, Urologist and Professor at Michigan State University and Jack Pitts holding a check for $3,000 from the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity’s Jack Pitts Open Golf Tournament.  The tournament will be held on Saturday, August 6th. 

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Every dog is different, no matter the type of breed

 By Marc Morrone

Tribune Content Agency
 

  Q: We own an eight-year-old, male Pug, Digger, who is smart, lovable, and extremely calm. My brother-in-law always loved Digger and bought a male Pug from a breeder.  

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