DETROIT, Michigan, June 12 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District (USACE) is currently utilizing 24-hour dredging in Grand Haven, Michigan during favorable weather to remove shoaling blocking Grand Haven Harbor from commercial traffic. The project is expected to be completed in mid-July. Severe weather and minimal ice cover during the winter led to increased shoaling in several harbors on Lake M  more

PORT HURON, Michigan, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Area Port of Port Huron intercepted approximately 200 pounds of cocaine at the Blue Water Bridge port of entry, June 8. Officers were conducting inspections of outbound commercial cargo when the cocaine was discovered, comingled among a shipment of goods. "This discovery underscores the re  more

ALBANY, New York, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Assesses two employers with $6.3K in penalties for violating federal workers program * * * The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $37,103 in back wages for 86 workers employed by three agricultural industry employers -- a Wayne County farm, a Michigan farm labor contractor and a Genesee County warehouse operator -- whose employment practices shortchanged their wages a  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 12, 2023: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began a 30-day public comment period on the proposed plan to clean up pipes and vaults of the storm sewer system at the Ten-Mile Drain Superfund site in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. EPA will host a public meeting on June 22 to answer questions and accept public comments. Under EPA's recommended cleanup plan, crews would excavate six manhole v  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following fact sheet in June 2023: * * * EPA Proposes PCB Cleanup for Ten- Mile Drain Storm Sewer System U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to clean up portions of the Ten-Mile Drain storm sewer system impacted with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, in the Ten- Mile Drain Superfund site in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. You are invited to submit your comments on this proposed plan. This fact sheet pro  more

PADUCAH, Kentucky, June 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, Michael A. Bennett, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: A Las Vegas, Nevada man, formerly of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced yesterday to 11 years and 7 months in prison for methamphetamine distribution. U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge J. Todd Scott of the DEA Louisville Field Division, and Sheriff Ryan Norman of the McCracken Coun  more

DETROIT, Michigan, June 14 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: The United States Attorney's Office made significant strides in 2022 in rebuilding community trust, reinvigorating our protection of civil rights, and restructuring our approach to violent crime, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. The details of the office's work in 2022 are set forth in a 33-page annual report highlig  more

DETROIT, Michigan, June 17 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on June 16, 2023: The U.S. Department of Justice has allocated eight additional attorney positions and two support staff positions to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan to meet the district's needs and the priorities of the Office and the Department, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. U.S. Attorney Ison had requeste  more

DETROIT, Michigan, June 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: The leader of a 13-member conspiracy to distribute cocaine, opioid pills, and other drugs was sentenced to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison today, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Ison was joined in the announcement by James A. Tarasca, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Detroit Division. Ray G  more

DETROIT, Michigan, June 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: A Dearborn resident was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison after having been convicted at trial earlier this year on charges of providing and conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and attending an ISIS training camp. The sentence was announ  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56570) involving Fermi Nuclear Plant, Michigan: * * * Facility: Fermi Region: 3 State: MI Unit: [2] [] [] RX Type: [2] GE-4 NRC Notified By: Jonathan Holdwick HQ OPS Officer: Sam Colvard Notification Date: 06/13/2023 Notification Time: 06:02 [ET] Event Date: 06/12/2023 Event Time: 23:33 [EDT] Last Update Date: 06/13/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b)(3)(  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56570) involving Fermi Nuclear Plant, Michigan: * * * Facility: Fermi Region: 3 State: MI Unit: [2] [] [] RX Type: [2] GE-4 NRC Notified By: Jonathan Holdwick HQ OPS Officer: Sam Colvard Notification Date: 06/13/2023 Notification Time: 06:02 [ET] Event Date: 06/12/2023 Event Time: 23:33 [EDT] Last Update Date: 06/13/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b)(3)(  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Eric G. Olshan, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Deyon Robinson pled guilty to possessing with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of a mixture containing fentanyl and heroin and 28 grams or more of cocaine base, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Robinson, age 22 of Southfield, Michigan, pled guilty before United States District Judge William S. Stickman.   more

YOKOSUKA, Japan, June 17 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN 727) (Blue) arrived in Busan, Republic of Korea (ROK), for a scheduled port visit, June 16. The port visit in Busan reflects the United States' commitment to the Indo-Pacific region, and compliments the many exercises, training, operations and other military cooperation activities conducted by U.S. submarine forces with our ROK allies. Thi  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, June 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont, Nikolas P. Kerest, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Terry Catchings, Jr., aka "Biggs," 28, of Detroit, Michigan, appeared today before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle for arraignment on a federal drug charge. In March 2023, a federal grand jury returned a third superseding indictment charging Catchings  more