Updated: 6:04 PM East Lansing High School students say it was an end of the year joke, but school officials and police aren't laughing.

Posted: 4:32 PM With the bumper crop of mosquitoes this year backyard BBQs will have more bites than you want. Dennis Drummond reports there are some things you can do the kill the little critters.

Updated: 2:23 PM Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm says the result of the recent heavy rains is a disaster.

Updated: 9:04 AM Cheryl and Phillip Haddock of Grand Ledge have been waging a legal war with state agencies to receive federal funding for their adopted special needs son. A son who’s special needs weren’t completely revealed by the agency finalizing the adoption until many years later, according to the Haddocks.

Updated: 10:21 AM The Walter French Academy has been on probation from its authorizing charter school agent, Central Michigan University, since March. Last week, the university called it quits and pulled the contract. At a special meeting Tuesday, the academy's Board of Directors announced what it plans to do to keep the school open.

Updated: 4:00 PM Governor Jennifer Granholm says schools may lose another $28 per student in state funding if proposed tax increases for cigarettes and liquor fail.

Updated: 4:59 PM A state House committee is hearing testimony that could lead to legislation increasing feed for modular home owners.

Updated: 4:57 PM The first high speed ferry traveling between Wisconsin and Michigan has begun service.

Posted: 8:02 AM The Federal Aviation Administration says it's still too early to tell what caused a deadly plane crash Monday in Eaton County's Vermontville Township.

Updated: 9:32 PM Michigan is in the midst of a $1.3 billion road and bridge construction program. With an estimated one million motorists hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend, will construction tie up your trip?

Updated: 6:21 PM There is plenty to do if your sticking around for the Memorial Holiday weekend.

Updated: 5:49 PM Central Michigan University, the authorizer of Lansing's Walter French Academy, noted in a letter that it will no longer support Walter French's operations a charter school.

Updated: 11:34 AM The number one form of violence in American schools is bullying, that according to an instructor at Michigan State University. But, parents, community members and even police sometimes ignore it.

Updated: 6:08 PM State legislators proposed a bill aiming to help military families make ends meet.

Updated: 9:34 PM Memorial Day weekend is the official start of the summer travel season and gas prices may have an effect on some people's travel plans.

Updated: 5:28 PM A former member of the Kentucky National Guard claims he was severely beaten by other soldiers who thought he was a prisoner, and the repercussions can be felt right here in Michigan.

Updated: 5:21 PM City officials in Lansing and East Lansing are reminding residents to stay away from both the Grand and Red Cedar Rivers. Recent storms have caused sewers to overflow into the rivers.

Updated: 8:46 AM Portland Priest Father Shamaun Beas is behind bars, charged with eights counts of criminal activity including child sexually abusive activity.

Updated: 6:10 PM The cleanup is far from over for some Mid-Michigan residents, and now they are dealing with the financial headache left from the severe weather.

Updated: 5:55 PM Mid-Michigan farmers are worried about crops, as a record amount of rain continues to fall this month.

Updated: 7:46 AM Since Friday, the Department of Public Service has responded to 160 calls for service. The majority of them pertaining to surface flooding from the record rainfall, others for relief from the city's sanitary and sewer system back-ups.

Updated: 9:38 PM In a prime-time speech Monday night President Bush outlined a plan to install democracy in Iraq.

Updated: 6:26 PM Residents are calling for help by the hundreds in Lansing. Clean-up crews have been on the go since Friday.

Updated: 5:54 PM The city of Jackson is working to clean-up after a weekend of severe weather. More than 12,000 customers in the county are still without power.

Updated: 8:07 AM Another round of rain is on the way adding to the already record high totals we've received in the last few days. Meantime, mid-Michigan residents are trying to dry out.