Lansing State Journal ST. JOHNS - The owners of a massive Civil War-era mansion turned bed and breakfast have removed a Norwegian flag that's hung outside its main entrance for two years because they say too many people have mistaken it for the Confederate flag and confronted them about it.Greg and Kjersten Offenbecker, owners of The Nordic Pineapple, hung the flag of Norway on a front pillar of the South Oakland Street property, opposite the American flag, just after they moved in in 2018.Before it was a nearly 9,000-square-foot the house was a local...…Lansing State Journal ST. JOHNS - The owners of a massive Civil War-era mansion turned bed and breakfast have removed a Norwegian flag that's hung outside its main entrance for two years because they say too many people have mistaken it for the Confederate flag and confronted them about it.Greg and Kjersten Offenbecker, owners of The Nordic Pineapple, hung the flag of Norway on a front pillar of the South Oakland Street property, opposite the American flag, just after they moved in in 2018.Before it was a nearly 9,000-square-foot the house was a local...WW…

Lansing State JournalView CommentsGRAND LEDGE - The Grand Ledge Public Schools Board of Education has no plans to fire Superintendent Brian Metcalf, who Tuesday issued a public apology for on Facebook regarding George Floyd's death.Metcalf also said in a statement he'll enroll in "diversity and/or cultural awareness and sensitivity class to help me grow so that I may better respond in the future."In a statement issued Tuesday the Board of Education said its members are "deeply concerned" about Metcalf's statements about Floyd's death."There is no place for it among the leaders in Grand...…Lansing State JournalView CommentsGRAND LEDGE - The Grand Ledge Public Schools Board of Education has no plans to fire Superintendent Brian Metcalf, who Tuesday issued a public apology for on Facebook regarding George Floyd's death.Metcalf also said in a statement he'll enroll in "diversity and/or cultural awareness and sensitivity class to help me grow so that I may better respond in the future."In a statement issued Tuesday the Board of Education said its members are "deeply concerned" about Metcalf's statements about Floyd's death."There is no place for it among the leaders in Grand...WW…