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MICHIGAN

City of East Lansing announces Kim Johnson as new chief of ELPD

Former East Lansing Police Department officer and captain, Kim Johnson will be stepping into his role as the new ELPD Chief replacing Interim Chief Steve Gonzalez beginning Monday, Oct. 5. Johnson has served for three decades with ELPD until his retirement in 2012 from his position as the captain of the department.

MSU

RHS furloughs 700+ MSU student employees on short notice

  Michigan State Residential and Hospitality Services notified student employees Monday that they would be placed on a leave beginning Oct. 4, according to a letter from RHS Human Resources. This notification was sent out to more than 700 RHS student team members, according to RHS Chief Communications Officer Kat Cooper, giving those furloughed a short 12-day notice.