DETROIT, Michigan, March 30 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: By Avery Schneider, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District A sticker may not seem like the most significant thing to give somebody, but at the Buffalo District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers it's a sign of major impact. The end of March marked six-months of the district's Clear Communicator Badge initiative, recognizing great people helping tell the USACE story with  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 30 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), along with the eight Great Lakes states, will host several virtual public meetings to provide updates on the Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study (GLCRS) and to hear the public's feedback on a shared vision for the study. Each meeting will feature the same core presentation on the study and our shared vision, allowing the public   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 26, 2024, entitled "Michigan Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2024": * * * Michigan had 261,000 job openings in January 2024, compared to 285,000 openings in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in Michigan w  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on March 26, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), today announced the release of the Battery Workforce Initiative (BWI)'s National Guideline Standards for registered apprenticeships for battery machine operators. The DOL-certified guidelines, created in partnership with battery manufacturers, community colleges, and unions, lay out rigoro  more

COVERT TOWNSHIP, Michigan, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on March 27, 2024: As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda (https://www.whitehouse.gov/invest/?utm_source=invest.gov), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through its Loan Programs Office (LPO) today announced the offer of a conditional commitment of up to $1.52 billion for a loan guarantee to Holtec Palisades to finance the restoration and resumption of service of an 800-MW electric   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will soon start work to clean up contaminated soil in some areas of Belanger Park, located on the banks of the Detroit River at 2 Belanger Park Drive in River Rouge, Michigan. On April 1, the EPA will begin removing soil containing elevated levels of lead and cadmium and replacing it with clean soil. Work is expected to continue until mid-June. Last fall, t  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Leads the way in transforming kinship care practices for underserved communities Today, Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra announces approval for Michigan to become the first state to implement separate licensing standards for kin caregivers. Michigan is the first state approved following the Salt River Pima Tribe in Arizona. Last September, HHS finalized a new regulat  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: Marty C. Raybon has been named director of field operations (DFO) for U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Detroit Field Office. In his new capacity as director, he will lead a workforce of more than 1,600 employees and will be responsible for anti-terrorism policies and operations, cargo and traveler operations, agricultural inspections, and trade en  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan resolved its investigation of the City of Trenton's Kennedy Aquatic Center. The U.S. Attorney's Office received a complaint alleging that the Kennedy Aquatic Center staff did not allow an individual who has a disability to use a water slide. The complainant is a capable swimmer; however, sh  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, March 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jesus Gaytan-Garcia with one count of interstate transportation of stolen money and one count of theft from the Hartford location of the Four Winds Casino, which is owned and operated by the Pokagon B  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota issued the following news release: Two individuals from Detroit, Michigan, have been sentenced to prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, beginning in January 2022 through May 2023, Ladale Jajaum Solomon, 30, and Leila Darsel Ivery, 30, conspired together to distribute cocaine. On May 16, 2023, Solomon and Ivery flew on se  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57045) involving Cook Nuclear Plant, Michigan: * * * Facility: Cook Region: 3 State: MI Unit: [2] [] [] RX Type: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP NRC Notified By: Bud Hinckley HQ OPS Officer: Ian Howard Notification Date: 03/22/2024 Notification Time: 12:31 [ET] Event Date: 03/22/2024 Event Time: 08:52 [EDT] Last Update Date: 03/22/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.72(  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57046) involving Fermi Nuclear Plant, Michigan: * * * Facility: Fermi Region: 3 State: MI Unit: [2] [] [] RX Type: [2] GE-4 NRC Notified By: Trevor Jarrait HQ OPS Officer: Adam Koziol Notification Date: 03/23/2024 Notification Time: 03:47 [ET] Event Date: 03/23/2024 Event Time: 00:04 [EDT] Last Update Date: 03/23/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b)(2)(iv  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57044) involving U.S. Army, Detroit, Michigan: * * * Rep Org: US Army Licensee: US Army Region: 3 City: Detroit State: MI License #: 21-32838-01 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Nathan Krzyaniak HQ OPS Officer: Bill Gott Notification Date: 03/22/2024 Notification Time: 08:35 [ET] Event Date: 03/21/2024 Event Time: 17:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 03/22/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emerge  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 33 million small businesses, recognized four SBA Resource Partners of the Year awardees. The awardees - from Wisconsin, Michigan, Colorado, and Mississippi - will be honored at a ceremony dur  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. Frank V. Benak, 24, of Scottsville, Michigan, killed during World War II, was accounted for on February 2, 2024. In December 1942, Benak was assigned to Cannon Company, 128th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, and deployed in present day Papua New Guinea. As part of an attempt to ne  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 30 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District (USACE Chicago) held a ribbon cutting ceremony on March 26th, 2024, for the Calumet Region Independence Hill Conservancy District (IHCD) lateral pipelining project in Merrillville, IN. This project is part of the Calumet Region Environmental Infrastructure Section 219 projects and was allocated $1,166,000 of federal funds while t  more