http://thelansingblog.com The premier source of Lansing news online. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:18:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://thelansingblog.com/2011/10/16/council-member-carol-wood-derrick-quinney-et-al-ask-too-many-questions-says-lsj-com/ http://thelansingblog.com/2011/10/16/council-member-carol-wood-derrick-quinney-et-al-ask-too-many-questions-says-lsj-com/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:58:02 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2665 Check-out this editorial from today’s Lansing State Journal that says our city’s problems stem from “nay-saying” by four City Council members, Eric Hewitt, Brian Jeffries, Derrick Quinney and Carol Wood. The newspaper claims that the four have blocked development projects dead in their tracks for their own selfish interests.  They point to the land swap [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2011/07/07/lansing-city-pulse-story-details-latest-and-not-the-greatest-news-about-the-lansing-state-journal/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2011/02/02/get-lansing-state-journal-e-edition-free-today-because-of-blizzard/ http://thelansingblog.com/2011/02/02/get-lansing-state-journal-e-edition-free-today-because-of-blizzard/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:42:05 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2391 It’s tough day for newspaper delivery person to get the Lansing State Journal to your door this morning. So, it’s opening up its “e-edition” which is an online version of the full newspaper. Give it a try. I invite comments about how it works for you. Click here for access to this morning’s paper.

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2011/02/02/get-lansing-state-journal-e-edition-free-today-because-of-blizzard/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2011/01/29/was-there-a-brawl-last-night-at-the-level-2-nightclub-on-south-cedar/ http://thelansingblog.com/2011/01/29/was-there-a-brawl-last-night-at-the-level-2-nightclub-on-south-cedar/#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:03:04 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2373 Local Facebookers with police scanners monitored local law enforcement activity at the Level 2, the old Venue, nightclub last night and report there was a brawl that drew a response from the city and other local police units. I just scanned the online news coverage for the Lansing State Journal, WLNS and WILX and found [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2011/01/29/was-there-a-brawl-last-night-at-the-level-2-nightclub-on-south-cedar/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2011/01/12/new-links-book-dads-and-stay-at-home-dads-in-lansing-by-chris-singer/ http://thelansingblog.com/2011/01/12/new-links-book-dads-and-stay-at-home-dads-in-lansing-by-chris-singer/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:00:29 +0000 admin http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2345 The two latest links in my collection of online Lansing and mid-Michigan activity is in the center column under “Blog Roll” where I have linked the Book Dads blog and the Stay at Home Dads in Lansing blog by Chris Singer. A stay-at-home dad, Chris is sharing the experience through two blogs.  Book Dads is [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2011/01/12/new-links-book-dads-and-stay-at-home-dads-in-lansing-by-chris-singer/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2011/01/12/wkar-radio-uses-twitter-for-live-coverage-of-msu-board-of-trustee-meeting/ http://thelansingblog.com/2011/01/12/wkar-radio-uses-twitter-for-live-coverage-of-msu-board-of-trustee-meeting/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:44:25 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2326 The method for live-coverage of mid-Michigan events is changing.  An example, WKAR Radio’s Tweeting of today’s Michigan State University Board of Trustee’s meeting today as things happen. The reporter, Scott Pohl, will be using the Twitter hashtag #wkarlive and will keep readers informed with 140-character bursts. Other media outlets in the Lansing-area use Twitter to [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2011/01/12/wkar-radio-uses-twitter-for-live-coverage-of-msu-board-of-trustee-meeting/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/09/06/can-you-help-identify-five-year-old-child-found-last-night-at-waverly-and-saginaw/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/09/06/can-you-help-identify-five-year-old-child-found-last-night-at-waverly-and-saginaw/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:17:30 +0000 admin http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2094 The Eaton County Sheriff’s Department is asking for help in identifying a four or five year-old child found late last night wandering around the intersection of Waverly and Saginaw Roads in Delta Township.  Here are the details from the Nixle emergency notification system.

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/09/06/can-you-help-identify-five-year-old-child-found-last-night-at-waverly-and-saginaw/feed/ 1 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/04/lansings-wilx-tv-named-2009-station-of-the-year/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/04/lansings-wilx-tv-named-2009-station-of-the-year/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:38:27 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1053 Honk when you go by WILX TV on Edgewood in the area containing Celebration Cinema, Sam’s Club and Target.  The station has been named the 2009 station of the year by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters. Local news media has been struggling with the onset of online news and with the declining economy.  Their efforts [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/04/lansings-wilx-tv-named-2009-station-of-the-year/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/22/im-listening-to-talklansing-net-on-my-computer-right-now/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/22/im-listening-to-talklansing-net-on-my-computer-right-now/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:38:59 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=901 I am listening to TalkLansing.net right now on my MacBook Air and I’m enthused to hear my friend Walt Sorg on our area’s pioneering effort in commercial internet based radio. It’s hyper-local talk radio being led by a group of radio veterans, including Sorg, Chris Holman, Tim Nester and Jim Fordyce. When the new radio [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/22/im-listening-to-talklansing-net-on-my-computer-right-now/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/20/why-does-the-lansing-blog-have-no-format/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/20/why-does-the-lansing-blog-have-no-format/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:07:59 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=889 The Lansing Blog has been bitten by something and as a result has lost its formatting.  It happened yesterday just out of the blue as I was uploading a post. I invite you to keep checking back for new posts of Lansing (MI) items that cross my desk and catch my eyeballs.  We live in [...]

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