Meet Potter Park Zoo’s Mouse Bird

by Wes Thorp on February 8, 2010

Earlier today, I posted about a tweet from Potter Park Zoo where a note was made about a picture to be taken of the zoo’s mouse bird.  They are incredible little creatures and deserve a special welcome from Lansing and mid-Michigan.  Check out today’s picture:

What would you name Lansing's mousebird?

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For your calendar: Lansing Lugnuts Job Fair on Saturday, Feb. 27

by Wes Thorp on February 8, 2010

Looking for a job?  Then you might be interested in the Lansing Lugnuts Job Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lansing Center on Saturday, Feb. 27.

I found the lead on the Lugnuts Facebook Fan Page which is accessible without having to sign up for a Facebook account.  The page also includes news about players, other teams and about activities of the grounds crew.

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Join a “live blog” of tonight’s Lansing City Council meeting and the online conversation

February 8, 2010

Join me at 7 p.m. tonight, Monday, Feb. 8, to live-blog the Lansing City Council meeting. Join the online discussion as the meeting happens.
How many of you watch it on tv? Question: What about the “regulars” and did they go overboard last Monday with their anger and their threats?
Lansing City Council

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Could tomorrow be a big snowstorm day for the Lansing-area?

February 8, 2010

In the Lansing area over the past few years, we’ve had many predictions of heavy snowstorms that never happened.  Will tomorrow’s forecast of 6″ to 10″ come true or will it be a false alarm?
Here’s how WILX.com, the Lansing area’s TV 10, describes the potential storm and how it could bring heavy winds and plenty [...]

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The Mousebirds are coming out today at Lansing’s Potter Park Zoo

February 8, 2010

Did you know that the Potter Park Zoo in Lansing has mousebirds?  I didn’t.  But I learned they’re out in the birdhouse at the zoo and pictures will be online today.
I learned this because I’m part of the zoo’s Twitter group. Lansing has an impressive network of tweeters where information is passed on a real [...]

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Parents: What about the magnet schools in the Lansing School District?

February 8, 2010

As city of Lansing residents, we seldom hear anything positive said about schools in the Lansing School District.  Our neighbors with young kids, generally, try to get their kids enrolled elsewhere under schools of choice or they move to a suburb with a different school system.
Could our city schools be getting a bad rap?  On [...]

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What about Lansing’s new GM workers from Tennessee?

February 8, 2010

There were a few more smiles in the Lansing area than usual when GM announced that almost 500 workers would move from the former Saturn plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee to the new Delta Township plant.  They were brought north to help make the company’s crossover, the Traverse.
The Lansing State Journal this morning writes about [...]

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Here’s the Lansing City Council info packet for the Monday, Feb. 8 meeting

February 7, 2010

There are several thousand people in the city of Lansing who watch the regular meeting of the City Council every Monday at 7 p.m. on Comcast’s Channel 12.  Here’s the information packet that goes along with the agenda for the meeting:
Lansing (MI) City Council info packet for Feb. 8, 2010 meeting – [...]

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Will Virg Bernero resign as mayor of Lansing?

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Lansing’s Mayor Virg Bernero is running for governor and there are lots of questions.
As Bernero gets ready to announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor in Michigan, his city is at a dramatic crossroads and is facing some of
its biggest challenges in its history.  The main stays of the local economy, the automobile [...]

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How will Lansing be affected by closing part of the Ingham County jail?

February 6, 2010

Most of the inmates from the often overcrowded Ingham County (MI) jail come from the city of Lansing.  Many are sent there by local judges who mete out short jail incarceration to make a point.
Now their ability to do that will probably be affected by the Ingham County Board of Commissioners who are looking to [...]

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Pistol toting patrons at Ponderosa on South Cedar in Lansing (MI)

February 3, 2010

Check out this WILX.com story about a group of pistol-toting patrons trying to hold a meeting at the Ponderosa Restaurant last Saturday afternoon.  The customers with pistols openly showing in their holsters had legitimate open-carry permits to carry the weapons.  Nevertheless, the Lansing Police Department was called to sort out the situation.  No arrests were [...]

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Local entertainment columnist Mike Hughes writes about TalkLansing.net

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Local entertainment columnist Mike Hughes  writes today about TalkRadio.net, our area’s newest offering in talk radio and about how Walt Sorg and his partners will bring radio news to a new level in mid-Michigan.
He also writes about how the change has affected WILS where Sorg was the host of amLansing, which established itself as an [...]

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Get prepared for Lansing City Council’s “Committee of the Whole” meeting

The Lansing City Council agenda for Feb. 1 Committee of the Whole meeting. January 30, 2010

Below is the packet of information given to Lansing’s City Council members to prepare for it’s meeting Monday, Feb. 1 which will meet as a “committee of the whole.” This is a more informal meeting where issues are discussed and debated, but where votes are not taken. It’s on televised on Comcast’s Channel [...]

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East Lansing Amtrak stop sets passenger record

Passengers depart from the East Lansing (MI) station. January 30, 2010

As the local economy went thorugh historic struggles this past year, the East Lansing Amtrak line set a historic record high for passengers in a year, according to a story today in the Lansing State Journal.
The story says that: “More than 50,950 riders boarded or got off the national passenger railroad’s trains in East Lansing [...]

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Lansing should be excited about Walt Sorg’s move to “TalkLansing.net”

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Walt Sorg is a great asset to the Lansing area as a radio news personality for more than 40 years.  Most recently, he has been the host on AMLansing on WILS radio, where he has served as the eyes and ears of a community that has needed someone who could talk to and report about [...]

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Quick: Name your Ingham County (MI) Commissioner

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This news story from WLNS.com-TV 6 in the Lansing (MI) area tells about how Ingham County is struggling to fill budget gaps and how the Ingham County Commission is wringing its hand over what to cut. There’s been news media buzz about the county’s animal control department being cut, as well as severe cuts [...]

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West Holmes Road portion to be reconstructed and reduced to three lanes

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West Holmes Road, from Pleasant Grove to Waverly, will be totally reconstructed this summer and pinched down to three lanes from four, according to Lansing’s top transportation officials who shared the plans at last night’s Averill Woods Neighborhood Association meeting.
While developing plans to update this major east-west roadway, the officials explained that the roadway had [...]

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Mayor Bernero’s State of the City Address: Good solid stuff or political fluff?

January 26, 2010

Did you listen to Mayor Virg Bernero’s State of the City address last night where he looked at the city of Lansing what it’s been through, where it’s at now and where it’s going in the future?
What do you think about what he said? Is he seeing and understanding what the average person is [...]

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