SAULT STE. MARIE, Michigan, July 20 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District New Lock at the Soo project fiscal year 2023 (FY23) Supplemental Economic Update has been approved with a policy-compliant Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) of 2.1 at the 2.5% Federal Discount Rate, allowing the Corps of Engineers to more accurately document benefits and analyze the value this project will bring. "The economic upd  more

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, July 21 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Chicago Division issued the following news release: Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Meliki Marion, 42, of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to conspiracy to di  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news brief: * * * 26 employees owed more than $150K in minimum wage, overtime, liquidated damages * * * Employer: The Saucy Crab Grand Rapids LLC operating as The Saucy Crab, 5039 28th St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI Investigation findings: On July 14, 2023, the Department of Labor filed suit against The Saucy Crab Grand Rapids LLC and owner, Jixi Qui, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan seeking ba  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A Michigan man was sentenced to 36 months in prison today following his conviction in February of filing false tax returns, making false statements to a bankruptcy court and making false statements to the Justice Department's Tax Division. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Donald Stanley LaVigne, formerly of Lake Orion, Michigan, did not report insurance commissions and other in  more

DETROIT, Michigan, July 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Carolyn Hernandez-Taylor pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute millions of illicit and counterfeit pills, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced. Ison was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Angie M. Salazar, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Detroit, and Special Agent in Charge Orville Greene, Drug En  more

DETROIT, Michigan, July 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Jeffrey Davis, 50, of Detroit, MI, was sentenced in federal court yesterday on charges of drug trafficking and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced. Davis was sentenced by United States District Judge Bernard Friedman to 25 years in prison. Davis has been in custody sin  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, July 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark A. Totten, issued the following news release on July 17, 2023: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Chester Randall Dunican, 69, of Fort Pierce, Florida, has been sentenced to 78 months months in prison for his role as the leader of a conspiracy to commit wire fraud causing losses to the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of over $1.1 mil  more

DETROIT, Michigan, July 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Semaje Reffigee, a former employee of the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (MUIA), was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment today arising from her participation in a $313,000 pandemic-related unemployment insurance fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Joining in the announcement were Irene Lindow, Special Agent-in-  more

DETROIT, Michigan, July 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: A former Wayne County Roads Division employee pleaded guilty today to conspiring to steal over $1.7 million in county funds, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced. Ison and Worthy were joined in the announcement by Devin Kowalski, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the Detroit Field Office of the F  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, July 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark A. Totten, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced that Saul Douglas Briggs, 33, of Muskegon, will serve 240 months in prison for possessing fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine with the intent to distribute them. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney sentenced Briggs to serve an additional 60-mont  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 22 -- 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 1.005 billion pounds of milk during June, up 3.2 percent from a year ago, according to Marlo D. Johnson, Regional Director, USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. Production per cow in Michigan averaged 2,305 pounds for June, 25 pounds above June 2022. The dairy herd was estimated  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56619) 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: 07/12/2023 Notification Time: 12:13 [ET] Event Date: 07/11/2023 Event Time: 17:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 07/12/202  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56619) 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: 07/12/2023 Notification Time: 12:13 [ET] Event Date: 07/11/2023 Event Time: 17:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 07/12/202  more

CHARLEVOIX, Michigan, July 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The U.S. Geological Survey is using an autonomous surface vehicle on lakes Michigan and Huron from late-July through September 2023 to improve fishery surveys across the lakes in cooperation with several partners in both the U.S. and Canada. On July 19, a wind and solar-powered uncrewed surface vehicle called a Saildrone Explorer was launched on Lake Michigan out of   more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 22-04099-153) on July 18, 2023, entitled "Review of VISN 10 and Facility Leaders' Response to Recommendations from a VHA Office of the Medical Inspector Report, John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit, Michigan." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary In response to a congressional request from Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow, and Representatives Debbie Dingell and Rashi  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, July 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release on July 17, 2023: Sylvester Roosevelt McNeil, also known as "Juan," 50, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 11 years and eight months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on August 27, 2022, McNeil sold approximately 1.3 gra  more