WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Justice Department announced today an indictment charging eight people with federal civil rights offenses and violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. According to court documents, Calvin Zastrow, Chester Gallagher, Heather Idoni, Caroline Davis, Joel Curry, Justin Phillips, Eva Edl and Eva Zastrow are charged with engaging in a civil rights conspiracy and with violating the   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Chicago District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District (Corps) is releasing for public comment a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) under the National Environmental Policy Act for a proposed breakwater repair and maintenance project at Algoma Harbor, located on the western shore of Lake Michigan in the City of Algoma, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. The harbor structures consist of a 1,1  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 25 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 24, 2023, entitled "Fatal Work Injuries in Michigan - 2021": Fatal work injuries totaled 140 in 2021 for Michigan, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Michigan was up from the previous year. (See chart 1.) Fatal occupational   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2023: A Michigan man pleaded guilty today to a felony charge for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Luke Michael Lints, 28, of Traverse City, Michigan, plea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2023: James Bradley, 44, of Grand Blanc, Michigan, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for embezzling funds from a government employee union. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Special Agent in Charge Wayne A. Jacobs, of the Washington Field Office's Criminal and Cyber Division, and Director Mark Wheeler, of the Washing  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $99,766,000 to Michigan from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law through this year's Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). The funding will support Michigan communities in upgrading essential water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure that protects public health and treasured water bodies. Nearly half of thi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued the following public notice (Docket No. 02-378): The Region 21 (Michigan)1 700 MHz and 800 MHz Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Thursday, March 16, 2023 (Note: new meeting date - meeting was rescheduled to Thursday, March 16 - disregard previous meeting date of Thursday, March 9). Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the Region 21 800 MHz RPC meeti  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A Michigan endocrinologist was sentenced yesterday to eight months in prison for evading taxes due on income related to his medical practice. According to court documents and statements made in court, Dr. Bashar Kiami of Roscommon owned and operated Northern Michigan Endocrine PLLC, a solo endocrinology practice in Grayling. From 2014 through 2017, Kiami filed corporate returns that underreported the pract  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, posted the following news release on Feb. 22, 2023: The Justice Department announced today an indictment charging eight people with federal civil rights offenses and violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. According to court documents, Calvin Zastrow, Chester Gallagher, Heather Idoni, Caroline Davis, Joel Curry, Justin Phillips, Eva Edl and Eva Zastrow are charged wit  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, posted the following news release on Feb. 24, 2023: A former Detroit resident was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for a tax fraud scheme where she sought to cheat the Internal Revenue Service and the state treasuries of six states of over $27 million in fraudulent tax refunds, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Ison was joined in the announcement by Charles Miller, Acting Sp  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark A. Totten, issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2023: United States Attorney Mark Totten today announced that former Georgia police officer Andre Jackson has been sentenced to 59 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for attempting to launder $500,000 in fraudulently obtained COVID-19 relief funds. During sentencing, U.S. District Judge Jane M. Beckering noted that J  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Dairy herds in Michigan produced 1.004 billion pounds of milk during January, up 2.1 percent from a year ago, according to Marlo D. Johnson, Regional Director of the USDA, NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. Production per cow in Michigan averaged 2,325 pounds for January, 40 pounds above January 2022. The dairy h  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: The number of farms in Michigan in 2022 was 44,300, according to Marlo D. Johnson, Director of the USDA, NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. Land in farms was 9.2 million acres, down 500,000 acres from last year. The average size farm in Michigan was 208 acres per farm, down from 211 acres in 2021. The number of   more