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Michigan, United States
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East Lansing police investigate bodies found in freezer as homicide
• Nov. 20, 2024, 1:56 PM ET (CBS)
Human remains found in freezer in East Lansing townhome
• Nov. 11, 2024, 9:13 PM ET (CBS)
In dash across Michigan, Harris contrasts optimism with Trump's rhetoric without uttering his name
• Nov. 3, 2024, 8:25 PM ET (AP)
East Lansing, residential and university city, Ingham county, south-central Michigan, U.S., adjoining Lansing on the Red Cedar River. The site was a remote area east of Lansing when Michigan State University, a pioneer land-grant school, was founded there as Michigan Agricultural College in 1855. First known as Collegeville, the city was redesignated East Lansing by the state legislature at the time of its incorporation in 1907. The city’s economy revolves around the university, which is East Lansing’s major employer. Pop. (2000) 46,525; Lansing–East Lansing Metro Area, 447,728; (2010) 48,579; Lansing–East Lansing Metro Area, 464,036.