WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following Stats for Stories: * * * From the Guide to 2010 State and Local Census Geography - Wisconsin - History: (https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/2010/geo/state-local-geo-guides-2010/wisconsin.html) The area of Wisconsin was part of the original territory of the United States, being part of lands ceded by four states to the United States and designated in 1787 as the "Territory northwest of the River Ohio." W  more

DETROIT, Michigan, May 16 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: By Tonya Johnson, DCMA Central Region Public Affairs Procurement technicians play an important role in the Defense Contract Management Agency's mission. Frank Butka, the Contracts director at DCMA Detroit, compared their role to a NASCAR pit crew. "I compare what procurement technicians do every day to a NASCAR pit crew," said Butka. "A NASCAR pit crew's top priority is to get it right the first ti  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on May 15, 2023: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pfc. Willard H. Brinks, 24, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, killed during World War II, was accounted for July 20, 2022. In November 1942, Brinks was assigned to the Company K, 3rd Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, deployed in present day Papua New Guinea. As p  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, May 17 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * The discovery that zinc is involved in the fertilization process earlier than initially thought was made with the help of the Bionanoprobe, a cutting-edge instrument at Argonne. * * * To make a baby, first you need an egg. To have an egg, there needs to be a follicle. And in the very beginning of follicle development, there needs to be zinc. The last of   more

CALUMET, Michigan, May 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: On Thursday, May 4, Keweenaw National Historical Park, Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance, Village of Calumet, Calumet Downtown Development Authority, Main Street Calumet, Houghton County Land Bank Authority, and Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission received a Governor's Award for Historic Preservation for the collaborative Bring Back Calumet initiativ  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56512) involving Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan: * * * Rep Org: Henry Ford Hospital Licensee: Henry Ford Hospital Region: 3 City: Detroit State: MI License #: 21-04109-16 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Alan Jackson HQ OPS Officer: Ian Howard Notification Date: 05/09/2023 Notification Time: 15:40 [ET] Event Date: 05/08/2023 Event Time: 00:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 05/10/2023  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56512) involving Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan: * * * Rep Org: Henry Ford Hospital Licensee: Henry Ford Hospital Region: 3 City: Detroit State: MI License #: 21-04109-16 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Alan Jackson HQ OPS Officer: Ian Howard Notification Date: 05/09/2023 Notification Time: 15:40 [ET] Event Date: 05/08/2023 Event Time: 00:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 05/10/2023  more

NEW YORK, May 12 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following foreign news center briefing by Detroit Mayor Michael E. Duggan on Detroit's economy, revitalization and hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Transportation and Trade Ministerial meetings: * * * Summary * In this on-the-record briefing, Michael E. Duggan, Mayor, City of Detroit, Michigan, discussed the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Transportation and Trade Ministerial Meetings which  more

DETROIT, Michigan, May 17 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release on May 16, 2023: U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined Canadian Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, and IBEW Member Bill Baisden to announce the first Binational Electric Vehicle (EV) Corridor, and to celebrate the continued collaboration between the U.S. and Canada to lead the world in electric vehicle jobs,   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on May 15, 2023: * * * President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is Delivering in Michigan As of May 2023 The Biden-Harris Administration has hit the ground running to implement the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and it is already delivering results for the people of Michigan. To date, $5.7 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding has been announced and is headed to Michigan with over 319 specific  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The White House sent the nominations of six individuals for positions in the federal government on May 15, 2023: * * * * Monica M. Bertagnolli, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the National Institutes of Health, vice Francis S. Collins. * Lisa DeNell Cook, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of fourteen years from February 1, 2024. (Reappointment) * Philip Nathan Jefferson, of North Carolina, to be Vice Chair  more