Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will make a campaign appearance in south Lansing three days before Michigan’s primary, Republican officials have confirmed.

After months of trying, Hawk Island Snow Park in Lansing finally had its grand opening this past weekend.

The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 13,000 on Tuesday for the first time since May 2008, when the Lehman Brothers investment bank was solvent, unemployment a healthy 5.4 percent and the worst of the Great Recession months ahead.

A Lansing man shot Monday afternoon has died. Frank Lee Cunningham, 20, was taken to a local hospital after the 2:40 p.m.

Thousands in the Lansing area are grasping at the bottom rung of the economic ladder, sleeping on mattresses in the hallways of homeless shelters and lining up for warm meals at churches or wherever they can be found.

Lansing City Council members told city and tribal attorneys Monday that they haven’t received answers that satisfy their questions about a proposed tribal casino downtown.

Michigan State is all alone in first place in the Big Ten, chasing a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, riding a senior leader who has wedged himself into the national player of the year discussions.

“The Pillsbury Bake-Off is in its 45th year, and the finalists for this year’s competition have been chosen. The grand prize winner receives a whopping $1 million.

Lansing’s airport appears to have turned a corner.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Michigan State is alone in first place, a game ahead of Michigan and Ohio State, with four games and two weeks left in the regular season — after a display of championship-level basketball in the second half today at Purdue.