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Expanded sports coverage for the Lansing community
What The Lansing Journal wants to offer our readers
LANSING, Ill. (August 11, 2021) - Increased sports coverage is something readers have requested for years,...
Video: A new tablecloth, Chief Al gets dunked, Josh’s expiring license, and more local news
Weekly round-up for August 6, 2021
by Melanie Jongsma
LANSING, Ill. (August 6, 2021) - Though the past week of articles did not include any breaking...
Regular news supported by regular people
by Melanie Jongsma, Publisher
LANSING, Ill. (August 2, 2021) - At first I was surprised to look back at July and see that The Lansing...
Video: Sneak peek at the Idea Lab, Chief Al plays ball, resident reporter captures fire, and Common Ground goes public
Weekly round-up for July 16, 2021
by Melanie Jongsma
LANSING, Ill. (July 16, 2021) - The Lansing Public Library is in the process of outfitting an...
Video: The pink building, vexillology, Cruise Night, and a photo bomb by Sophie
Weekly wrap-up for July 9, 2021
by Melanie Jongsma
LANSING, Ill. (July 9, 2021) - Managing Editor Josh Bootsma was back in front of the camera...
Taking a deep breath and saying thank-you
by Melanie Jongsma, Publisher
LANSING, Ill. (July 3, 2021) - Earlier this week I read some alarming statistics about newspapers in America — traditional newsrooms...
Video: Pandemic business impacts, cutting white people’s hair, and other insights from Barber Rick
"In 38 years, nothing ever affected my barber business like the pandemic"
by Melanie Jongsma
LANSING, Ill. (July 2, 2021) - Rick Pierce has been barbering...
Independence you can depend on
by Melanie Jongsma, Publisher
LANSING, Ill. (June 30, 2021) - The Lansing Journal is an independent news source. What does that mean?It means that local...
Video: Weekly Round-up, June 18, 2021
Juneteenth, microchips, Lansing's new police chief, and more
by Melanie Jongsma and Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (June 18, 2021) - Publisher Melanie Jongsma and Managing Editor...
Local reporting through COVID and beyond
by Melanie Jongsma, Publisher
LANSING, Ill. (June 17, 2021) - Back on January 30, 2020, when we published our first story about Coronavirus (as it...
Video: Friday Round-up, June 11, 2021
Phase 5, intrepid reporting during COVID, street resurfacing, garage sales, and Cruise Night
by Melanie Jongsma and Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (June 11, 2021) - Publisher...
Video: Friday Round-up, June 4, 2021
Including a suggestion for a new TF South team name
by Melanie Jongsma and Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (June 4, 2021) - The less-than-seven-minute video below...
We were just the right size for this community to believe in
by Melanie Jongsma, Publisher
LANSING, Ill. (June 1, 2021) - I had a chance this month to look through some stats about The Lansing Journal...
Video: Friday Round-up, May 28, 2021
Publisher Melanie Jongsma and Managing Editor Josh Bootsma discuss the week's news
by Melanie Jongsma and Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (May 28, 2021) - It's been...
Your reporters. Your newspaper. Our community.
by Melanie Jongsma, Publisher
LANSING, Ill. (May 26, 2021) - Pizza and soft drinks in hand, we sat around my living room Monday evening —...