The City of Lansing is preparing to open its new Fire Station 9, marking another step in the city's ongoing investment in public safety infrastructure.
The modern, high-tech fire station is scheduled to open Monday and was made possible through a voter-approved public safety millage. The funding also supports construction of a new public safety and district court facility on South Washington Avenue, additional new and remodeled fire stations, and a new fire training complex.
Meanwhile, residents and businesses in Delta Township can resume normal water use after a boil water advisory was lifted Sunday.
Officials said they received approval from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) to lift the advisory following 24 hours of clear water sampling. The advisory had been issued last Thursday after a water main break near Canal and St. Joe roads.
Also in Delta Township, authorities continue investigating a multi-vehicle crash that occurred late Saturday night on westbound I-496, past the Waverly Road exit near Snow Road. The interstate was closed for approximately eight hours before reopening shortly before 7 a.m. Sunday. No immediate information about injuries was available.
Over the weekend, the Eaton County Road Commission also held a memorial honoring Kolton Hewer, a worker killed in an on-the-job crash last month on Lansing Road in Windsor Township.
A celebration-of-life procession was held Saturday in Hewer's honor. He lost his life on what was his final day on the job and had been preparing to move to Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Michigan drivers also saw some relief at the gas pump over the weekend. According to AAA Michigan, the statewide average price for gasoline dropped to $4.17 per gallon as of Sunday, down approximately 35 cents from a week earlier. In the Lansing area, the average fell to $4.03 per gallon, a decrease of nearly 40 cents over the same period.
In national political news, Michigan U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin was singled out by President Donald Trump in a social media post announcing that he had directed the Justice Department to investigate Democrats over alleged threats involving the U.S. attorney general and other officials.
Trump specifically named Slotkin in the post. The Michigan senator responded on social media, accusing Trump of having Senior Advisor Stephen Miller write a post threatening to put her in jail.
Meanwhile, U.S. Coast Guard crews, including personnel from Michigan, are being credited with rescuing a stranded sailor on Lake Michigan over the weekend.
The sailor, aboard a 28-foot sailboat near the Sturgeon Bay Canal in Wisconsin, reported that his boat's battery had died. Crews from Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay responded, along with a helicopter crew from Air Station Traverse City.
The sailor had managed to right his capsized vessel before it ran aground on a sandbar. Coast Guard personnel assisted in the rescue.
