Ingham County, MI

Two employees will no longer work in an Ingham County school's cafeteria because of their actions during an argument with teens that became a scuffle. One woman is fired and another will be reassigned after an administrative leave. The Lansing State Journal used a Freedom of Information Act request to...

It’s a hot housing market, but now that interest rates are inching up, many experts expect the market to cool off. Right now, it’s something of a mixed bag when it comes to home prices rising across Michigan, with some areas even seeing prices lower than a year ago but higher than a month ago.

Tick season has already arrived in Michigan. Longer days, warmer temperatures and rising humidity levels create the perfect storm for the parasitic arachnids. Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail says ticks can usually be found in wooded, bushy and grassy areas. “You want to avoid contact with ticks, if you...

LANSING, MI — Two Sparrow physicians who distinguished themselves for outstanding work in 2021 have been jointly named as Sparrow’s Physicians of the Year. After a year dominated once again by the COVID pandemic, 11 physicians received the Sparrow Physician Leadership Award for their incredible work in providing critical care to patients under the most trying of circumstances.

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Starting Monday, masks are back at Waverly. Superintendent Kelly Blake announced Wednesday that students and staff would be required to wear masks while indoors, citing a COVID positivity rate in Eaton County of 24.3% and positivity rate of 17.6% in Ingham County. Both counties are considered ‘high risk.’

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A man recently upset a community of people after posting online threatening to adopt and kill pit bulls from local shelters, additionally posting pictures of what looked like dead dogs.

LANSING, MI – Sparrow Hospital has achieved the highest ranking possible for its care of pregnant and new moms from the Michigan Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (MI AIM). The “platinum” designation places Sparrow in an elite group of Michigan hospitals and reflects the leading-edge medicine and highly...

Starting Monday, the Waverly Warriors will be required to wear masks inside of all Waverly buildings.

This is possibly one of the worst and saddest stories I’ve seen in a long time. It’s always very disturbing to see animals treated badly, but unfortunately, it happens. Authorities recently found a puppy in a trash can at a Michigan park. How heartless can people be? I’m glad authorities found the pup and rescued it, but that doesn’t make this story much better. I can’t wrap my head around the idea that someone would abandon their puppy this way.

The owners of a Japanese restaurant in Auburn Hills are facing multiple felonies for filing false tax returns and failing to file tax returns, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Monday.

Since the first case of the omicron variant was detected in the U.S., new daily cases of COVID-19 have hit new highs. To date, 81,519,474 Americans are confirmed to have been infected with the virus — and over 1 million have died as a result. On a per capita basis, the U.S. has one of […]

A man is facing various charges after shooting a Stockbridge man in the foot over the weekend. The Ingham County Sheriff’s Office and Michigan State Police responded at approximately 7:30am Saturday to 1371 Baseline Road for a report of a 34-year-old Stockbridge man being shot in the foot. The suspect, a 32-year-old Albion man fled the scene in a vehicle but was located in the City of Leslie.

Tick season has already arrived in Michigan. Longer days, warmer temperatures and rising humidity levels create the perfect storm for the parasitic arachnids. Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail says ticks can usually be found in wooded, bushy and grassy areas. “You want to avoid contact with ticks, if you...

In a press release from Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney Jerry Jarzynka, he lauded the success of the Ingham Jackson Regional Sexual Assault Kit Initiative. The program came to Jackson in 2019 after the Ingham County Prosecutor’s office accepted a grant that expanded their investigations of previously untested sexual assault kits into Jackson County. The kits are collected by various agency.

MASON, Mich. (WILX) - Tuesday the Ingham Intermediate School District will officially break ground on a construction project at their Mason campus. The Ingham ISD will be making some renovations to Heartwood School, and the Wilson Talent Center and will add a new wing to North Star School. Funding for...

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Tuesday the Ingham Intermediate School District will officially break ground on a construction project at their Mason campus. The Ingham ISD will be making renovations to Heartwood School and the Wilson Talent Center, as well as adding a new wing to North Star School. The funding...

AUBURN HILLS, MI – An Auburn Hills Japanese diner and its owners face multiple felonies for filing false tax returns and failing to file tax returns. The diner, Joo’s Inc., did business as Makimoto and Makimoto Sushi Bar. It is now under new ownership. The Michigan Department of...

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) -Studio 10 loves to highlight locals in our community and get to know the ‘Faces of Ingham County.’. A lot of us know her as the queen of Kean’s, but Teresa Wren is sharing more about her life of being a business owner, long-time Michigander and about how her son lives next door.