DYESS AFB, Texas, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Dyess Air Force Base (7th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: Master Sgt. Jazmin Love, 7th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, was recently presented with the 2023 Women of Color STEM Technology Rising Star award at a presentation ceremony in Detroit, Michigan, on October 13, 2023. Love, as fabrication flight superintendent, oversees 143 Total Force Airmen. They provide aircraft structural maintenance, aircraft metals technology and non-destructive   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: By Christopher Hurd, Army News Service Before James Earl Jones was making Americans remember their love of baseball or striking fear into their hearts as the voice of Darth Vader, he was an Army officer. He commissioned in the summer of 1953 as a second lieutenant following graduation from the Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Michigan. After his initial training, he completed his first and only ass  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The former president of a Michigan-area asphalt paving company pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids for asphalt paving services contracts in Michigan. According to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court in Detroit, Daniel Israel, along with other individuals working for the company where Israel was formerly the president, conspired with another asphalt paving company   more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark A. Totten, issued the following news release: On Oct. 28, 2023, the community once again emptied their medicine cabinets to help dispose of old, unwanted, and expired medications. Nationwide, DEA and its law enforcement partners collected 599,897 pounds of unneeded medications at 4,675 collection sites nationwide. Locally, the Detroit Field Division collected 62,771 pounds between 498 sites in Michig  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2023: A former Wayne County Roads Division employee was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison today for conspiring to defraud the county out of over $2.3 million, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced. Ison was joined in the announcement by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, Cheyvoryea Gibson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Detroit Field O  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release: Hasna Bashir Iwas, 62, of New Baltimore, who owned and operated the former Beacon Pointe Pharmacy in Grosse Pointe Park, was convicted last week by a federal jury on 26 charges related to the unlawful distribution of Schedule II, III, IV and V prescription drug-controlled substances. The verdict was announced by United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Joining Ison   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news on Nov. 8, 2023: The U.S. DOT's October 12th virtual event on "Accelerating Project Delivery through Innovative Procurement, Partnerships, and Financing Methods: Part 2" featured Brad Wieferich, Director, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT); Susan Shaw, PE, DBIA, CCM, Vice President, Subject Matter Expert - Major Program Development,  more