Job Seekers: U.S. Probation Officer – Deadline is December 31, 2012


The U.S. Probation & Pretrial Services Office for the Western District of Michigan is accepting applications for one full time United States Probation Services Officer to be assigned to the Kalamazoo or Lansing, MI branch office.

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News Spotlight: Utility Company Warns About Imposters

  The Board of Water & Light has been alerted by a customer that persons claiming to be a utility worker requested to gain entry to their home. 

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News Spotlight: Convenience Store Robbery – 700 block N Pine St

 

On Sunday December 23, 2012 at 12:49 a.m. officers responded to a convenience store on the 700 block of Pine St on report of an armed robbery.

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News Spotlight: Body Recovered from Red Cedar River – December 8

On Saturday December 8, 2012 at 11:45 am, Lansing Police Department officers responded to the area of Crego Park/Landing (Aurelius and Mt Hope).

(The above was originally posted on December 12, 2012)

UPDATE!!! - An arrest warrant for Open Murder was issued and an ARREST has been made on a 19 year old male from Flint, MI. for the Murder of Schnee Hyon Sin. 

The suspect will be arraigned in Lansing 54-A district court in the near future.  Details surrounding this open investigation are not being released at this time.

 

 

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News Spotlight: Chronic worriers at higher risk for PTSD

EAST LANSING, Mich. — People who worry constantly are at greater risk for post-traumatic stress disorder, according to new Michigan State University research published in the journal Psychological Medicine.

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Along for the Ride: Bike Program Teaches Skills and Fitness

Kids Repair Program
Curt “Grandad” Eure
Founder and Coordinator
5815 Wise Road
Lansing, MI 48911
517-755-4174
kidsrepairprogrambikes@gmail.com
 
Bike repair Wednesday night at the shop. “Open Work Shop”. Starts at 6 PM, open until 9 PM, 7:30 PM is when the last person can begin a repair project for the evening. Ages 10 through adults.
 
Left:  Curt “Grandad” Eure   celebrating his 87th birthday young with his very own cake! The celebration took place after the Kids Repair Program volunteer dinner.
Courtesy photo

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Astrophysicist Helps Superman Find Home Planet

Capital City Collectibles located at 2019 E. Michigan Avenue (located inside Everybody Reads Bookstore)
 
Left:  Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is a astrophysicist and the director of the Hayden Planetarium.

 
By The NorthStar News & Analysis
 
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of The Hayden Planetarium and an astrophysicist, appears in DC Action Comics #14 to help Superman locate Krypton, his home planet, so that he can see his home planet on the last day of its existence, a day before it is destroyed.

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Just Thinking Out Loud:Men You Are Needed

By Marvin Cato
TNCP CAN
 
I am an only child and I grew up in the foster care system and bounced from place to place. When I look back on my life, I realize that I am a statistical anomaly.

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Holiday Activities for Kids

Visit the library and make some fun gifts during the holidays.

 

By Jean Bolley, 
Head Librarian at CADL Foster

From now until the end of the year it seems like our schedules get packed with holiday events. While children love a lot of things about the holidays, one downside for them is all the waiting—waiting for dinner to be served, waiting to open gifts, waiting for this, that and the other.

 

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Videoview

By Jay Bobbin
Tribune Media Services
 
“TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE”: Clint Eastwood had said “Gran Torino” would be his last project as an actor, but he returned to the screen in this well-performed drama as a baseball scout who’s nearing the end of his career.

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