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Katie Arvia
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Katie is a lifelong Lansing native who currently works full-time in marketing while also freelance reporting for The Lansing Journal. In 2015, she graduated with high honors from Saint Xavier University in Chicago with a BA in English, and she plans to pursue a Master's degree in the near future. Her favorite Lansing Journal assignments include coverage of TF South High School's walkout ("Demonstrating the possibilities") and her St. Patrick's Day interview with her grandma ("St. Patrick's Day traditions: reflections of an Irish granddaughter").

Free assessment of Lansing roads will guide future road repairs

CMAP program will help Village officials objectively determine areas of greatest need by Katie Arvia LANSING, Ill. (April 15, 2020) - Last month, representatives from Gorrondona & Associates, Inc. (G&AI) visited Lansing, Illinois, in white Ford Transit vans. They drove up and down every road performing a condition assessment. G&AI is...

A new way of doing Community Clean-Up Day

Lansing tradition makes adjustments for quarantine challenges by Katie Arvia LANSING, Ill. (April 11, 2020) - For the past decade, Lansing residents have been participating in an annual Community Clean-Up Day. Enthusiastic volunteers have faced inclement weather, large heaps of trash, and other obstacles that never seemed to deter them. However,...

Lansing faces COVID-19 with humor and resolve

Restaurants and churches adapt, neighbors help each other, and participation in Census 2020 is strong A compilation of articles by Carrie Steinweg, Katie Arvia, and Melanie Jongsma LANSING, Ill. (March 31, 2020) – Winter is already a slow time for many restaurants, but the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak thinned crowds even further...

Quarantine perspectives: Learning to work from home and stay connected

by Katie Arvia, Lansing Journal reporterEditor's note: The people who write for The Lansing Journal represent a diversity of ages, occupations, and family situations. I asked them if they would be willing to share their perspectives on the ways COVID-19 is impacting their personal and professional lives. -Melanie JongsmaLANSING,...

New author releases Tom McNaulty and the Sugar Mutants in time for Dental Health Month

by Katie Arvia LANSING, Ill. (February 3, 2020) - A local writer is celebrating the publication of her first book. Crystal Farmer’s new children’s story, Tom McNaulty and the Sugar Mutants, teaches children about the importance of good dental hygiene.Farmer, a mother of four children, has years of theater experience...

Local women attend fourth annual Women’s March in Chicago

Chicago march inspires increased local participation by Katie Arvia CHICAGO, Ill. (January 30, 2020) - For the fourth year in a row, thousands of protestors filled the streets of Chicago for the annual Women’s March on January 18, 2020. The yearly protest began in 2017, the day after President Donald Trump’s...

Katie Arvia’s news highlights of 2019

"Lansing's story" Editor's note: It takes a team of professional writers to cover Lansing news and contribute articles to the daily online edition as well as the monthly print issue. We asked our contributors to choose a favorite story from the past year and explain what made it special for...

Increased volunteerism keeps Meals on Wheels rolling

by Katie Arvia LANSING, Ill. (December 3, 2019) - For over 20 years, the Lansing Meals on Wheels program has been providing low-cost meals to seniors throughout the village. The food is typically delivered every Tuesday and Thursday morning, with a few exceptions around major holidays such as Thanksgiving or...

Scenes from Munster Theatre’s ‘Pajama Jam,’ featuring Lansing’s Jackie Protsman

by Katie Arvia MUNSTER, Ind. (October 17, 2019) - Two weeks ago, Fashionette owner Jackie Protsman was a vendor at the Pajama Jam, a dinner theatre event hosted by Munster's Theatre at the Center to promote their fall production, The Pajama Game. Protsman sold Katz brand pajama sets for $20...

Lansing’s Fashionette to sell pajamas at ‘Pajama Jam’

October 3 dinner theatre event celebrates The Pajama Game by Katie Arvia MUNSTER, Ind. (September 26, 2019) - On October 3, Munster's Theatre at the Center will host "The Pajama Jam," a unique dinner theatre event in conjunction with their current on-stage production, The Pajama Game. Jackie Protsman, owner of Lansing's...