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."
Festival of Lights tradition returns to Lansing Historical Society
Grand opening on Monday, November 29
By Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (November 27, 2021) – After a hiatus last year due to the pandemic, volunteers have once again decked the halls of the Lansing Historical Museum, located in the lower level of the Lansing Public Library, for the Festival of Lights...
TF South Gardens yield another harvest
Collaborative gardens brighten campus courtyards, contribute food to classes and local organizations
By Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (November 14, 2021) – Farmers across the country are winding down their seasons — picking the last of the harvest, cleaning up fields and preparing the soil for next season. Home gardeners are gathering...
One year later: A COVID Catch-up
Looking back on a year of hardship and progressCOVID Catch-up was a weekly column featuring Lansing Journal journalist Carrie Steinweg's personal experience with COVID-19 and things she learned from others who shared their experiences. The weekly column ran from January through June of this year. One year after first...
Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana: Home of chicken, music, and all things Jackson
By Carrie Steinweg
GARY, Ind. (November 2, 2021) – It may be time to resurrect the chicken sandwich wars because there’s a new contender nearby. Hard Rock Cafe in the new Hard Rock Casino in Gary opened in May and one of the highlights of the menu is “The Triumph”...
Local counselor Debra Mitchell shares relationship advice in multiple books
LANSING, Ill. (October 18, 2021) – Debra Mitchell of Chicago has been a mentor and motivational speaker for more than 30 years and has a lot of advice to give on relationships. The psychologist and counselor has shared some of her suggestions for women navigating the dating world in...
POW/MIA vigil at Lansing Veterans Memorial part of National Recognition Day
By Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (September 20, 2021) – We honor our military heroes when they return home with flags and parades. And we mourn those who don’t come home alive with memorials and remembrances.But there are many who have served and never made their way home. According to the...
Fetching Market returns to Ford Hangar
By Carrie SteinwegLANSING, Ill. (September 12, 2021) – It’s been a long time since the historic Ford Hangar was filled with people. The pandemic put a halt to large gatherings in Illinois, and Fetching Market’s Signature Market at the Hangar had to be canceled in 2020. Friday and Saturday...
Honor Flight Chicago to resume veteran flights this summer
By Carrie Steinweg
The Honor Flight Network formed in 2005 with a mission of honoring our nation’s veterans by bringing them to Washington, D.C., for a day to see the memorials and monuments dedicated in their honor. Several Lansing veterans have participated in Honor Flights in past years.
Canceled Honor Flight...
Village of Lansing Flag is a nod to nation’s flag and Lansing’s history
Lansing's stars and stripes were unfurled in 2008, and point to national pride and local history
By Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (July 3, 2021) – In early 2008, Lansing's current mayor Patty Eidam was a village trustee and also vice president of the Lansing Historical Society. When attending meetings and events...
Final COVID Catch-up: Eight months in and looking ahead
A pandemic that has affected everyone differently means everyone's "new normal" is different as well.COVID Catch-up is a weekly column featuring Lansing Journal journalist Carrie Steinweg's personal experience with COVID-19 and things she learned from others who shared their experiences. This column is the final in the series, which...