How does ELi cover taxes and finances in East Lansing? Publisher Alice Dreger explains.
Want to have your questions about the community answered? Join us on Zoom Thursday evening!
An ELi reader wanted to know what the City is doing about potential lead contamination in service lines. Andrew Graham brings answers.
Confused about what’s legal where in the various parts of East Lansing when it comes to Covid-19? We have you covered!
Is the HUB adding more retail? Who gets the nicer side of a fence? When can I use the track at ELHS? Find the answers to all that and more in this week’s Ask ELi Grab Bag!
Which companies in East Lansing got big bucks from the federal Paycheck Protection Program? ELi’s Andrew Graham takes a look.
Has the Michigan Supreme Court decision really changed COVID-19 requirements here? Are hospitalizations on the rise? Is testing down? ELi’s Emily Joan Elliott turned to Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail for answers to our readers’ questions.
What are they building just south of the Aquatic Center? When will Coolidge Road lose a car lane and gain two bike lanes? And what about Harbor Bay and the federal law? All in this week’s Ask ELi grab bag!
Has recycling in East Lansing changed recently? No, but it may soon change for the better. Heather Brothers brings us the answers to your questions.
For National Voter Registration Day, ELi got in touch with City Clerk Jennifer Shuster to help answer questions from our readers.
What happened to the motorcycle parking on Albert Ave.? Is Breugger’s Bagels reopening? And what’s action that on Trowbridge Road? You ask. We answer.
It’s true: if you park in the old Biggby’s lot without permission, you may not find your car there when you come back.
Why are these eight people running? What issues do they see as urgent? We asked to bring you the answers.
The Abbot has received clearance to open, and move-in will start tomorrow.
What other jobs do your East Lansing City Council members hold? ELi’s Emily Joan Elliott reports.
Now we know: Younger people infected older people. The outbreak reached 18 counties in Michigan. And many were infected before the cluster was identified.
According to Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail, the 22 cases include one employee. What can government officials do to compel masks and other interventions?
“There was one arrest made,” ELPD Captain Chad Connelly tells ELi.
Readers are asking what we can expect when MSU starts in-person classes back up in the fall. ELi’s Emily Joan Elliott reports what we know so far.
East Lansing playgrounds will remain off-limits until at least July 13, and the dog park until August 3 according to Tim McCaffrey, Parks & Rec Director.
ELi’s Alice Dreger reports on what video from Sunday seems to show and how East Lansing Interim Police Chief Steve Gonzalez is seeing the protests.
A reader wondered why one ELPD car was left in the middle of the parking lot as protestors approached on Sunday.
As we have another round of “free” yard-waste pick-up coming, we answer a reader’s question about what this is costing.
What’s it like getting tested? Where can you get tested? And why does everyone we hear from in our area seem to come back negative?
Various local organizations are stepping up to help people who need no-cost food to live without hunger.
Did a City worker really roll a recycling truck? Is the hybrid truck too expensive to fix? We asked.
East Lansing’s Environmental Services Administrator Cathy DeShambo has some suggestions about what to do while your house is overflowing with recyclables.
We bring news on how the Peppermint Creek fundraiser did for the local volunteer sewing army and also provide a general update on the homemade production of masks.
Stressed out in the midst of all this? Lonely? Feeling down? Here is what you need to know about people who can help in our area.
The DDA will meet Thursday to decide on criteria for $250K in grants to local businesses. We explain what’s been decided so far.
Our publisher pauses to answer the question, “How is ELi doing?”
What could earn you a thousand-dollar fine in East Lansing under the stay-at-home order? ELi explains.
Today, ELi brings answers to readers’ medical questions about the coronavirus: Are our area hospitals ready? What if they are overwhelmed? Will donated blood be safe? And more.
The Census Bureau is saying students who normally attend school here should be counted as living here for the census. But will they be?
ELi is getting lots of “small” questions related to life in the East Lansing area under the public health emergency. Send us your questions and we will keep answering them at this page.
“Social distancing even one day sooner will save lives,” says the dean of Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine. What does that look like for people in East Lansing?
Superintendent Dori Leyko explains the latest delay in the completion of building projects at both Donley and Glencairn elementary schools.