Elsie, MI

U.S. news has put out their list for the 150 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2022-2023, and 6 Michigan cities have made the ranking. The list compiles information on housing affordability, safety, growth and life quality.

The East Lansing Police Department is investigating a suspicious death

EAST LANSING — Police opened an investigation Tuesday night into a death they have deemed suspicious, East Lansing Police Capt. Chad Pride said Wednesday morning. The city sent out a public safety advisory at 10:22 p.m. Tuesday regarding police activity near an apartment complex in the 2700 block of Marfitt Road. Pride said dispatchers had been alerted of the death by a caller. ...

LANSING, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has issued a statement in response to the Oxford Community School District Board of Education hiring an outside law firm to perform an independent investigation of the November 2021 school shooting. "We have seen this time and time again—outside firms hired...

A Port Huron Township man who served with the Michigan State Police for more than 25 years is now the 55th name to appear on the Fallen Troopers Memorial.  Sgt. Todd Leveille, 53, died Dec. 9 following a duty-related exposure to COVID-19. Law enforcement, family and friends honored his memory with a service and a...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Wednesday marks 95 years since the deadliest school attack in United States history — the Bath school bombing — one largely forgotten in the annals of history. The May 18, 1927, attack claimed 44 lives, including 39 children, and rocked an entire...

Two new bipartisan bills led by U.S. Reps. Elissa Slotkin and Tony Gonzales are aiming to prevent migrant surges at the border, as well as combatting human trafficking efforts.

Ohio State is hiking Ryan Day’s annual salary to $9.5 million as part of a two-year contract extension that will put him among the nation’s highest-paid college football coaches. Day’s raise makes him the latest coach to crack $9 million per year, making him one of the highest-paid...

LANSING, MI – A recent audit found some holes in the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency’s security controls that protect sensitive information. The state’s Office of the Auditor General laid out six findings in a May 17 audit on the agency’s two key systems—MiDAS, an information system that collects unemployment taxes and pays benefits, and MiWAM, an online system where people can file unemployment claims.

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - First Alert Meteorologist Colton Cichoracki joins the Now Desk to take a look at why Friday is being declared a First Alert Weather Day. Find out what to expect and how to prepare. Plus, we take a look at some of the trending stories on WILX.com...

LANSING, Mich. — A crowd gathered in support of the Michigan Poor People's Campaign on the steps of the State Capitol in Lansing Wednesday. The groups called on lawmakers to support a wide variety of issues such as tenant protections, fair wages, reproductive freedom to prison reform. The Michigan...

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Wednesday the Michigan Supreme Court is holding a virtual public meeting to discuss a proposal to require state courts to observe Juneteenth as a holiday. The proposal suggests that Juneteenth would replace Black Friday, Christmas Eve, or New Year’s Eve as a weekday holiday. If...

Michigan State’s offense surprised a lot of us during the 2021 season. After seeing the Spartans struggle for so many years on that side of the football, it was refreshing to see Mel Tucker field an explosive and entertaining offense. Part of the reason behind MSU’s success offensively was...

Even a year and a half after former athletic director Bill Beekman broke the news to my teammates and I, we're still bitter. I'm told I need to move on, find another hobby and leave the sport that has molded my identity since I was 4 years old. Eighteen months is a long time. I'm beating a broken drum. Why are we still talking about it? Why can't we let it go? Among endless articles, interviews, photos and videos about this topic, none have been able to encapsulate the extent to which my team and I have been impacted. I want...

The We-Easel is coming back to Michigan with his Comedy Tour! Pauly Shore announced new dates to his ongoing tour this week, and he's got two dates in the Mitten, including one in Lansing. Wednesday, Sept. 14th, he'll be performing at The Studio at 414, part of His Comedy Special...

When your team scores 59 goals and only concedes one over the course of seven tournament games, there are going to be plenty of players who get a piece of the pie in the goal-scoring department. And in the CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualifiers, which took place in the Dominican Republic in April...

The primary objective listed in the audit was to discern whether the UIA or the Department of Technology, Management and Budget adequately implemented security and access controls over its two systems, MiDAS and MiWAM.

Sat. May 21, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sun. May 22, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. in Downtown East Lansing | Come visit your friends from WKAR at the 2022 East Lansing Art Festival!. Visit the WKAR tent near the main stage for the latest goodies and giveaways!. The...

GOBLES, MI – Tyler Hunt never had a blueprint for how to become a Big Ten football player. Growing up in the Southwest Michigan town of Gobles and its population of around 800 residents, he rarely came across anyone who sniffed the game at the Division-I level, so it was important for the Michigan State tight end to find a way to help the next generation of football players from his hometown.