Rewind: News from the last 7 days

The city of Lansing is seeking proposals from private companies and current management to run the Lansing Center, Groesbeck Golf Course and Jackson Field baseball stadium. The city-owned entities, which are managed by the Lansing Entertainment and Public Facilities Authority, ran a deficit of $2 million last year, according to city figures. That’s projected to to drop to $1.42 million this fiscal year. “This is a way to find out if we are using best practices in the management of all these facilities,” city spokesperson Scott Bean said. Proposals are due Oct. 3, after which the mayor will appoint a panel to review submissions.

A fire of undetermined origin destroyed a 3,200-square foot hangar at the Capital Region International Airport Sunday, Lansing Fire Department said. No airport operations were impacted, said Nicole Noll-Williams, president and CEO of the Capital Region Airport Authority. No injuries were reported. Diesel and aviation fuel and oil were stored in the building, fire officials said. The aiport fire chief requested an environmental consulting company to address concerns about water runoff that might involve fuel.

MSU has started the fall semester with 476 students assigned to rooms that were already full, creating scenarios of an extra person in 2- and 4-person rooms. The Wilson, Akers and Hubbard residence halls are impacted. MSU charges first-year students $5,188 for a spot in a dorm for the academic year unless the room is overbooked. A student in a double room told the Lansing State Journal he pays about $700 less because of his extra roommate.

McLaren Health Care announced Thursday that its technology platforms were fully restored following an Aug. 5 ransomware attack that disrupted operations at all 13 of its hospitals and surgery, infusion and imaging centers, along with its network of 113,000 medical providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. The health system is scheduling appointments and rescheduling surgeries. It will be several weeks, however, before details about medical care that took place since the attack will be visible in patients’ electronic charts, officials said.

U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin leads Republican Mike Rogers 46% to 42% with 12% undecided in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race, a Detroit Free Press poll released Friday found. The EPIC-MRA poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4%. The same poll, for which EPIC randomly selected 600 voters, showed former President Donald Trump with 1-point edge over Vice President Kamala Harris statewide, 46%-45%.

Former Eaton County jail guard Ethan Eversman, 24 of Ionia, was indicted on federal charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, two counts of distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography. He had previously faced state charges after he was fired June 24, then arrested by the Michigan State Police. If convicted on the federal charges, Eversman faces up to 30 years in prison.

The FBI has continued to have failures in investigating reports of child sexual abuse since the Larry Nassar case, U.S. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said. He flagged 42 cases in the past three years that appeared to “require immediate attention” but didn’t receive it, including one in which a reported victim continued to be abused for 15 months after the initial report. Multiple FBI officials told auditors they lacked resources to investigate the cases.

Former President Donald Trump spoke for more than an hour to a crowd of more than 150 supporters at Alro Steel in Potterville Thursday, his closest stop to Lansing during his campaign so far. Trump’s comments included an announcement that his administration would mandate the government or insurance companies pay for in vitro fertilization treatments. He also said that parents of newborns would be able to deduct “major newborn expenses” from their taxes.

Public safety

Michael Poirier, 58, of Holt died of cardiac arrest before he could be transported to a hospital following a car crash in which he suffered minor injuries Monday near Cedar Street and Eastwood Boulevard. Police did not release details on the number of vehicles in the crash and whether there were other injuries. … Lansing police said a 24-year-old man was in critical condition after being found Friday with gunshot wounds on the 1100 block of Lathrop Street. Nop one else was injured, and no one has been arrested.