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News Spotlight: Turkeys and Potatoes and Pies, Oh, MI! Keep Your Thanksgiving Feast Safe, Local and Delicious

Rina Risper15 years ago05 mins

LANSING – Enjoying Michigan ’s bountiful selection of Thanksgiving fare is a tradition shared by many families each year. Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) Director Don Koivisto is offering consumers some simple tips to safely prepare a delicious Thanksgiving meal and is encouraging consumers to purchase Michigan products – from turkeys and cranberries to pumpkin pie and ice cream – when preparing for their traditional feast.

Special News Spotlight: Laying to Rest the Eady Family – Fatal Car Crash on 10-10-2010

Rina Risper15 years ago03 mins

Lansing, MI — November 17, 2010- The Eady family has arrived back home in Lansing, MI. Surviving family members: mother, Aretha Eady, daughter, Sophia and son, Charles, Jr. are doing miraculously better.

News Spotlight: College job market to see slight rebound

Rina Risper15 years ago06 mins

EAST LANSING, Mich. — The national job market for college graduates should rebound slightly next year as many large corporations end hiring freezes and small, fast-growth companies continue helping reshape the economy, according to Michigan State University’s 2010-11 Recruiting Trends report.

News Spotlight: CATA SERVICE CHANGES FOR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

Rina Risper15 years ago03 mins

Lansing, MI—In observance of Thanksgiving Day, the Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA) will conclude all MSU campus bus service at 11:30PM on Wednesday, November 24, 2010. All other CATA routes and services will conclude at their regular time on Wednesday.

News Spotlight: Kwanzaa Intellectual-Fest

Rina Risper15 years ago01 mins

In December, MSU-AAAS’s speaker series “Re-negotiating Meaning in Black Studies Today” will present an event that advances knowledge about an African American holiday, Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa is an African American and Pan-African holiday that celebrates family, community, culture and consciousness.

News Spotlight: Detroit’s urban farms could provide a majority of fruits and vegetables for local residents

Rina Risper15 years ago05 mins

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Transforming vacant urban lots into farms and community gardens could provide Detroit residents with a majority of their fruits and vegetables.

As city officials ponder proposals for urban farms, a Michigan State University study indicates that a combination of urban farms, community gardens, storage facilities and hoop houses — greenhouses used to extend the growing season – could supply local residents with more than 75 percent of their vegetables and more than 40 percent of their fruits.

News Spotlight: Lansing Workers’ Center Recognizes Wage Theft

Rina Risper15 years ago03 mins

During a national week of action concerning wage theft, the Lansing Workers’ Center, continues to empower workers to stand up for their rights. Since opening its doors last Labor Day, the Lansing Workers’ Center and has been talking to workers about wage theft, unemployment claims, and everything in between.

News Spotlight: DENNY’S PARTNERS WITH THE MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO MINORITY COLLEGE STUDENTS

Rina Risper15 years ago04 mins

Earvin “Magic” Johnson, chairman and founder of the Magic Johnson Foundation, poses with April Kelly-Drummond, director of Corporate Diversity for Denny’s, at the12thAnnual Taylor Michael’s Scholarship Program Conference in Los Angeles, hosted by the Magic Johnson Foundation.

News Spotlight: Michigan resident Rosemarie Wilson Receives National Poetry Awards

Rina Risper15 years ago04 mins

Photo: Rosemarie Wilson, author of “One Single Rose . . . Poetry Blossomed from a Rose Core” accepting the New & Upcoming Poet of the Year Award at the 2010 National Poetry Award Ceremony in Raleigh, North Carolina on August 22, 2010.

Wilson’s “Eyes Back to Basics” also wins 1st Place in the Detroit Writers’ Guild 2010 Paul Laurence Dunbar Poetry Contest.

Courtesy photo

News Spotlight: Uplift Our Youth Foundation Dinner Fundraiser

Rina Risper15 years ago02 mins

The Uplift Our Youth Foundation, 6^th Annual Grant Award and Fundraising Dinner will be held on Thursday, November 18, 2010 at the University Club of Michigan State University 3435 Forest Road, Lansing MI 48911. Rufus Gladney Vice-President of Consumers Energy and the chairman of the event announced that the evening begins with a reception at 5:30 PM and dinner at 6:45. This year’s speaker will be William Mayes, Executive Director of the Michigan Association of School Administrators (MASA).