Carrie Steinweg
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Carrie Steinweg is a freelance writer, photographer, author, and food and travel blogger who has lived in Lansing for 27 years. She most enjoys writing about food, people, history, and baseball. Her favorite Lansing Journal articles that she has written are: "Lan Oak Lanes attracts film crew," "Why Millennials are choosing Lansing," "Curtis Granderson returns home to give back," "The Cubs, the World Series, fandom, and family," and "Lansing's One Trick Pony Brewery: a craft beer oasis."
Why Millennials are choosing Lansing
Parks, schools, neighbors, and diversity make small-town life good for five growing families
by Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (March 2018) – In any community, attracting and retaining young people is key to growth and progress. Young couples place roots, get involved, and raise families—and sometimes those kids decide years down...
Marking the Underground Railroad
Little Calumet Underground Railroad Project aims to install monument and markers in Calumet regionby Carrie Steinweg
CALUMET CITY, Ill. (March 12, 2018) - There's a part of early south suburban history that isn’t very well known, but a group of local historians is working to change that. Prior to the...
Homemade and homegrown
Local residents start new food swap group
by Carrie Steinweg
HAMMOND, Ind. (March 2018) - Everything old seems to become new again. A recently-formed group has gone old-school by making foods from scratch, growing their own produce, and bartering to exchange their creations without exchanging any money. It’s called the South...
A Lansing couple’s love story
Through the years and across the miles, Cindi and Abi are “together forever”by Carrie Steinweg
Lansing, Ill. (February 2018) - We’ve arrived in the month of romance. For some, Valentine’s Day is a time to reach out to someone they may have secretly admired. For others, it’s an opportunity to...
Schultz Insurance celebrates 95 years
Real estate, postal service, dry goods, and insurance—Lansing’s oldest family business is still insuring Lansing families
by Carrie Steinweg
This article is part of a series featuring businesses that have at least a 50-year history in Lansing. To submit a local business for consideration, email The Lansing Journal.LANSING, Ill. (January 23,...
Local school policies evolve with cell phones
by Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (January 2018) - A decade ago, before smart phones were in the hands of most Americans, schools had strict policies on cell phone use. While cell phones were common, those phones weren’t as sophisticated as today’s models—they were flip phones or models with early slide...
Curtis Granderson holds winter baseball camp in Lynwood, Illinois
by Carrie Steinweg
LYNWOOD, Ill. (January 7, 2018) - Major League outfielder and Lynwood native Curtis Granderson spent last Sunday morning at the Southland Center in Lynwood with 175 kids. They were there to work on baseball fundamentals at the indoor winter baseball clinic administered through Granderson's Grand Kids Foundation....
Curtis Granderson returns home to give back
by Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (January 7, 2018) - “Don’t think. Have fun.”It’s the mantra that Major League Outfielder Curtis Granderson scrolls on the underside of the brim of his baseball caps. And he does the same whenever a fan asks him to sign a cap. It’s what he most...
Civil Air Patrol cadets rank up
by Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (December 26, 2017) - The Civil Air Patrol Thunder Composite Squadron 317 held its most recent promotions for cadets at their December 14 meeting.Civil Air Patrol, the long-time all-volunteer U.S. Air Force auxiliary, is the newest member of the Air Force’s Total Force. In...
Civil Air Patrol cadets participate in disaster drill
by Carrie Steinweg
HAMMOND, Ind. (December 19, 2017 - Cadets from Lansing’s Thunder Composite Squadron 317 of the Civil Air Patrol recently participated in a District 1 Hospital Emergency Planning Committee (HEPC) Drill with the Indiana District 1 Homeland Security Task Force. The disaster drill took place in Hammond with...