Dan Backus thought that investing in rental properties in 1978 would serve as a retirement plan. “I was thinking long term,” said Backus, 76, a retired building contractor from Mason about why he bought three Lansing rental properties. … more

Shiawassee County Sheriff Douglas Chapman received preferential treatment when he was sentenced for a drunk driving arrest in 2018, an analysis of court records of other such arrests before the same … more

The City of Lansing has red-tagged about 700 residences, meaning Code Compliance Office inspectors have found them unsafe to occupy. Of those residences, 21 have been red-tagged at least 10 years. more

WEDNESDAY, May 10 — A local developer has proposed building a townhouse-style complex with as many as 240 apartments in a blighted residential area near Saginaw Street and Pennsylvania Avenue … more

Are you one of those readers who like to open a biography in the middle, to get to the good stuff? You don’t care what Napoleon or Catherine the Great did in diapers?  … more

Gail Thompson sat in front of her home on Alpha Street in Lansing’s Second Ward Sunday afternoon. Gail’s husband, Raymond, delivered her hot chocolate while she conducted a garage … more

Meet Brian Daniels and Ryan Kost, who are running to represent the First Ward on the Lansing City Council on Nov. 8.  Daniels, 36, served in Iraq where he was injured. As part of his journey … more