JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news on Aug. 17, 2023: Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante today announced the Department of the Air Force will undertake two significant new actions to expedite the cleanup of DoD's per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) releases at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Iosco County, Michigan. These efforts will prevent further migration  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2023: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $80,748 to Adamah Detroit (formerly known as Hazon Detroit) in Detroit, Michigan as part of the Environmental Education Grants Program. The funding will be used to support an interfaith climate education project. "We know that climate change is one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time, and it demands bold and inno  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2023: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the removal of the radiation operable unit, or OU1, portion of the Aircraft Components Inc. Superfund site in Benton Harbor, Michigan, from the National Priorities List, or NPL. Cleanup is complete in this part of the site, but groundwater treatment and monitoring at the chemical operable unit will continue until no further cleanup   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2023: A senior executive of a Michigan asphalt paving company pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court in Detroit for his role in two separate conspiracies to rig bids for asphalt paving services contracts in the State of Michigan. According to court documents filed in the case, Kevin Shell, Vice President of Estimating for Clarkston-based F. Allied Construction Company Inc., conspired wi  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023: John David was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to bribing Albert Morrison, a former School Board President of Madison District Public Schools, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced. Ison was joined in the announcement by Devin J. Kowalski, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Inves  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Aug. 17 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark A. Totten, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2023: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker sentenced Jemarion Trevon Flowers to 100 months in prison for trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl. "Disrupting drug trafficking rings and ridding our streets of illegal drugs is a priority for my office," said U.  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release: Three individuals, including a pharmacist, doctor, and pharmacy technician, were charged in an Indictment for their alleged roles in a more than $7 million health care fraud scheme involving the diversion of expensive "specialty" prescription drugs, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced. Joining in the announcement were Devin J. Kowalski, Acting Special  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56666) involving Henry Ford Health, Detroit, Michigan: * * * Rep Org: Henry Ford Health Licensee: Henry Ford Health Region: 3 City: Detroit State: MI License #: 21-04109-16 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Nick Bevins HQ OPS Officer: Thomas Herrity Notification Date: 08/08/2023 Notification Time: 15:44 [ET] Event Date: 08/08/2023 Event Time: 00:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 08/08/2023   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56666) involving Henry Ford Health, Detroit, Michigan: * * * Rep Org: Henry Ford Health Licensee: Henry Ford Health Region: 3 City: Detroit State: MI License #: 21-04109-16 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Nick Bevins HQ OPS Officer: Thomas Herrity Notification Date: 08/08/2023 Notification Time: 15:44 [ET] Event Date: 08/08/2023 Event Time: 00:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 08/08/2023   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed an $8,750 fine to VHS Harper-Hutzel Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, for two violations of NRC safety requirements during the administrations of radioisotopes for treatment of liver tumors. The hospital holds an NRC license for the use of nuclear material for diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine and for yttrium-90 (Y-90) microsphere administrations. T  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations that September 13 is the filing deadline for federal working capital loans in Michigan due to a drought occurring from April 28 through October 15, 2022. Low-interest disaster loans are available in the Michi  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations that September 13 is the filing deadline for federal working capital loans in Michigan due to a frost and freeze from April 26 through June 5, 2022. Low-interest disaster loans are available in the Michigan c  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2023: A Michigan man pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement 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. Matthew Thomas Krol, 64, of Linden, Michigan, pleaded guilty   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2023: Terry Dwayne Jones, 34, of Macomb, Michigan, was sentenced today to four years and nine months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on February 15, 2022, law enforcement offic  more