Pat Gillespie has been building and developing properties in Lansing since age 17. He's been invested in his hometown for more than two decades.

City Pulse, a weekly newspaper founded in 2001 by Berl Schwartz, has sold to an upstart Michigan media investment group focused on local news outlets.

LANSING — Many of the 10 candidates in a crowded race for two at-large seats on the City Council are skeptical of the city’s ...