August 20, 2025

The New Citizens Press

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The Kid’s Doctor: Flu is here!

Rina Risper04 mins

Flu season is here!
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By Sue Hubbard, M.D.
 
  It’s never too late to get your flu shot. Those of us who opted for flu vaccine earlier this fall are hopefully already protected, and it looks like this year’s vaccine is a good match for the three types of flu already circulating.
 

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Retire Smart: Giving the gift of education

Rina Risper07 mins

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Media Services
 
Many grandparents and other relatives are wondering how to make gifts earmarked for education. There are a myriad of options, and selecting the best one for your family depends on your circumstances.

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Interpersonal Edge: Get uncooperative coworker to help

Rina Risper06 mins

By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services
 
Q. My manager wants me to work with a guy who never follows through on what I ask him to do. Then my manager blames me for not getting my work done. I have tried to tell my coworker that he needs to cooperate with me or I’ll get in trouble, but he doesn’t care. How do I get my coworker to shape up?
 

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News Spotlight: Suspicious Infant Death

Rina Risper01 mins

 Lansing Police Department (LPD) detectives responded to a local hospital on report that a 3 month old female infant was being treated for serious internal injuries.

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News Spotlight: New Year shooting leaves man dead, four wounded

Rina Risper02 mins

 

On Tuesday January 1, 2013 at 2:01 a.m. officers responded to a convenience store on the 700 block of W. Willow on reports of a shooting in progress. A total of 5 persons sustained injuries .

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News Spotlight: Teen Shot and Alcohol Found at Party

Rina Risper02 mins

 
On Monday, December 31, 2012 at approximately 12:00 AM (Midnight)  Lansing Police Department officers were dispatched to the 800 block of W. Miller (formally Auggie’s Bar) in regards to a large party with shots fired.

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Excuse me, are you listening? 11-25

Rina Risper04 mins

Good friendships are going to be a matter of paramount importance in 2013.  Left to right:  Rina Risper, President and Publisher of The New Citizens Press, Heather Jarous, owner of City Salon and Ena Busby, Proprietor of the Creole Gallery.  Courtesy photo
 
Dear Readers,
 
What are you waiting for?  Why not live your life to its fullest now?  The cycle of life will continue with or without you.  That is one fact that is not going to change.  Reflection, renewal and revival is our mantra in 2013. 

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Rick Steves: Another golden age for Amsterdam

Rina Risper08 mins

 

Left:  In 2013 Amsterdam will celebrate the 400th anniversary of its famous ring of canals.  

Photo by Cameron Hewitt

 

 

 

By Rick Steves
Tribune Media Services

 

  Amsterdam is a laboratory of progressive living and tolerance, bottled inside Europe’s most 17th-century city. 

 

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