Josh Bootsma
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Josh is Managing Editor at The Lansing Journal and believes in the power and purpose of community news. He covers any local topics—from village government to theatre, from business openings to migratory birds.
District 158 School Board Agenda 3/27/24
The District 158 Board meets on the third Wednesday of each month to discuss and make decisions that affect five schools in Lansing. Agenda—
Things to do in Lansing this week – March 25 edition
The items listed below are public events compiled from a variety of community sources. They represent a diversity of ways to be involved this week....
District 215 School Board meeting agenda – 3/26/24
The District 215 School Board typically meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month to deliberate on District business...
Police calls in Lansing from February 26 – March 10, 2024
LANSING, Ill. (March 23, 2024) – The Lansing Police Department releases a crime blotter roughly every other week, as well as data detailing what kind of calls were received during the previous two-week period.The first graphic below breaks down the different types of calls received by LPD, while the...
‘Sale and distribution of alcoholic liquors’ focus of March 26 Village Board Special Meeting
The Lansing Village Board will host a special meeting on March 26 that will focus on an amendment to the liquor code in Lansing...
Video: Netherlands Ambassador visits Ton Farm, an Underground Railroad ‘station’
On Thursday, the Honorable Birgitta Tazelaar, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United States, visited the site
Thornton Township Board meeting moved to Monday
The Thornton Township Board meeting on Tuesday, March 26 has been canceled, and a special meeting has been called for Monday, March 25.Â
Municipal Center draped in bunting to honor Jack Hoekstra
The purple bunting adorning the Lansing Municipal Center is in honor of Jack Hoekstra, a former Lansing Police...
‘The Cave’ spa, Monarchs and mowing, police and fire annual reports – a Village Board summary
The Village Board meeting featured a special use request for massage therapy, LED streetlight conversions, and Monarch butterflies...
Thornton Township voters decisively strike down mental health referendum
With all of Thornton Township's 104 precincts reporting, the final tally stood decisively against the referendum, with 10,124 votes against