News Spotlight: BWL Warns of Phone Scam
The Lansing Board of Water & Light has received several reports of scams threatening both residential and commercial customers with loss of service if they do not make a utility payment over the phone.
Celebrate Women’s History Month One Last Time at the Cooley-Haze House
LANSING, MI — After 34 years, the Michigan Women’s Historical Center and Hall of Fame (MWHOF) will be moving their operations from the historic Cooley-Haze House in downtown Lansing located at 213 W Malcolm X Street to the Meridian Mall in Okemos in late April 2017. 
PREP TIMEPET WORLD: How to get a dog to like all family members
By Marc Morrone
Tribune Content Agency
Q: Four years ago we got our dog Cindy. At first she was very skittish but she has gotten better over the years. When we first got her my dad was working on our kitchen and making a lot of noise. Now she is still scared of my dad and barks at him whenever he enters and leaves the house. She also does not like to play ball with him unless my mom and I are in the room. Why is she scared of him? – Tiffany Brady, Chicago, IL
Eaton County Officers and Community Members Recognized During Ceremony
Eaton County Sheriff Tom Reich, Deputy Andrew Jenkins and Undersheriff Jeffrey Cook. Deputy Jenkins works in the Delta Township patrol unit. He saved three people from a burning building.
Personality traits ‘contagious’ among children
EAST LANSING, MI — When preschoolers spend time around one another, they tend to take on each others’ personalities, indicates a new study by Michigan State University psychology researchers.
Faster way of detecting bacteria could save your life
EAST LANSING, MI — A Michigan State University researcher has developed a faster way to detect the bacteria causing patients to become sick, giving physicians a better chance at saving their lives.
Jill on Money: Fiduciary rule under fire under Republican administration
By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Content Agency
I thought of the word “shame” when news emerged that Republicans in Congress were launching an effort to delay and perhaps kill portions of the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule, which is scheduled to begin implementation on April 10. (It's unclear where President Trump, who has ordered a freeze on regulations, stands on the fiduciary rule.) The potential about-face is a slap in the face to anyone who cares about investor protections.
THE KID’S DOCTOR: Can homemade products cure hand-foot-and-mouth disease?
In a classic case of hand-foot-and-mouth disease,
children develop rashes on the palms, soles and
buttocks.
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