FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 5 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - When a military contract nears its end, service members have several options. One is reenlistment, which allows them to continue their commitment to service. Recently, the 220th Public Affairs Detachment celebrated the re-enlistment of Cpl. Isaac Copeland, who returns to the unit as a public affairs mass communications specialist. This is Copeland's first re-enl  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Patent and Trademark Office issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced the appointment of Derris Banks as Regional Director of the USPTO's Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional Office located in Detroit, Michigan. The Midwest Regional Office serves aspiring and current inventors and entrepreneurs in the Midwest Region, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Min  more

LANSING, Michigan, June 5 -- The U.S. Army Recruiting Command issued the following news: By Alexia Gaines, Great Lakes Recruiting Battalion Lt. Col. Robert Heffner, Great Lakes Recruiting Battalion outgoing commander, relinquished command to Lt. Col. Quentin McCart, incoming battalion commander, during a change of command ceremony held May 23, in Lansing. Heffner served as the battalion commander for GLRB since 2022. Under his leadership, the battalion enlisted over 2,700 Soldiers and achiev  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: Cadet teams from the Indiana Wing took all three top spots in the Great Lakes Region Cadet Competition, with the Valparaiso Composite Squadron placing first, the Anderson Composite Squadron second, and the Eagle Composite Squadron third. Teams from the Illinois (Lewis Composite Squadron), Kentucky (Louisville Composite Squadron), and Michigan (Maj. Kevin A Adams Composite Squadron and Grand Rapids Me  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: A Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, businessman was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for evading his income taxes, failing to file an income tax return and obstructing an IRS audit. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Ryan Richmond owned and operated Relief Choices LLC, a marijuana dispensary in Warren, Michigan. From 2011 through at least 2014, Richmond directed Re  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: A Michigan man was sentenced today to 26 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring with other members of a white supremacist group, The Base, to victimize Black and Jewish people, and for defacing Temple Jacob, a Jewish synagogue in Hancock, Michigan, using swastikas and symbols associated with The Base. Nathan Weeden, 24, of Houghton, was convicted at tri  more

DETROIT, Michigan, June 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: William A. Smith, 51, the former Chief Financial Officer for the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, was charged with Bank Fraud and Wire Fraud in a criminal complaint unsealed today in federal court, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced. The charges arose out of what is alleged to be a years-long scheme by Smith to embezzle Conservancy funds   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 8 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: 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 July 3 is the filing deadline for federal working capital loans for losses due to excessive rain, hail, and high winds that occurred on June 15, through Aug. 30, 2023. The declaration inclu  more

DOUAZON, Liberia, June 6 -- The U.S. Embassy in Liberia issued the following news: From May 17-25, 2024, a joint team of medical professionals from the Michigan Army National Guard (ARNG) and Michigan Air National Guard (ANG) worked with staff from the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) to create, establish, and implement a preliminary mass casualty (MASCAL) response plan for the AFL's 14 Military Hospital. The event culminated on May 24 with a trio of MASCAL exercise scenarios. About 40 AFL soldier  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, June 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: Today, Talon Aaron McIntosh, also known as "Trey" and "T," 28, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to eight years and one month in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and Mario Alonzo Pettway III, also known as "Mike," 23, of Detroit, was sentenced to six years in prison, to be followed by three years of super  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The White House issued the following readout of a briefing on May 31, 2024, with Midwest business leaders: * * * On Friday, May 31, the White House welcomed small business owners and local business leaders from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin for a dialogue with senior officials on the Biden-Harris Administration's priorities to grow the U.S. economy, especially in communities that have too often been left behind, by supporting entrepreneurs and smal  more