WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issued the following speech to the workforce on Sept. 12, 2024, entitled "An Independent Justice Department": * * * And thank you, Dawn, for that overly generous introduction. U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison served for nearly 20 years as a career Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Michigan. Today, she leads that office. I am grateful to her for all she does. And I am grateful to all the U.S. Attorneys who are with us today fo  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: The 48th Flying Training Squadron "Alley Cats" achieve an average of 254 pilot graduates produced annually, so it is no surprise that they are excelling in leading the way for pilot training and innovations in the classroom. On July 25, 2024, the 48th FTS executed a squadron deployment to the Alpena Combat Ready Training Center in Michigan, as an example of how the squadron maximiz  more

COLUMBUS AFB, Mississippi, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Columbus Air Force Base (14th Flying Training Wing) issued the following news: By SrA Jessica Blocher, 14 FTW PA The 48th Flying Training Squadron "Alley Cats" achieve an average of 254 pilot graduates produced annually, so it is no surprise that they are excelling in leading the way for pilot training and innovations in the classroom. On July 25, 2024, the 48th FTS executed a squadron deployment to the Alpena Combat Ready Training Cen  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following news release: A CDC Food Safety Alert regarding an outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to eggs has been posted: https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/eggs-09-24/index.html Key Points: * 65 people from 9 states have gotten sick from the same strain of Salmonella. The 9 states include the 3 states where the eggs were sold - Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin - i  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On August 6, 2024, the Michigan Ontonagon Sheriff's Office arrested Alexander Ross for fraudulently inducing a sale of an aircraft in Florida. Ross allegedly misrepresented material facts regarding an aircraft and aircraft parts in order to sell an aircraft using wire transfers totaling $237,660. DOT-OIG is conducting this investigation wit  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On August 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan sentenced Asphalt Specialists, LLC (aka ASI) to a $6.5 million fine and an $800 special assessment. In January 2024, ASI pleaded guilty to two separate bid rigging conspiracies. The investigation revealed that, as early as March 2013 until at least November 20  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: On a recent morning, a self-driving car navigated a curvy Chattanooga street by "listening" to the road's reflective lane markers. Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Western Michigan University researchers demonstrated the technology to officials with the City of Chattanooga and Hamilton County, Tennessee. The research team is setting the stage to commercialize the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: CHICAGO (Sept. 9, 2024) - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Administrator Debra Shore was joined by City of River Rouge Mayor William L. Campbell to highlight the completion of a $2 million cleanup to address elevated levels of lead and cadmium in soil at Belanger Park, located on the banks of the Detroit River at 2 Belanger Park Drive in River Rouge, Michigan. "Protecting communit  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-01-22-01502) on June 6, 2024, entitled "The Food and Drug Administration's Inspection and Recall Process Should Be Improved To Ensure the Safety of the Infant Formula Supply" filed under the Administration for Children and Families. Here are excerpts: * * * Report Highlights Why OIG Did This Audit * The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned consumers not to use certa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: A former Warren, Michigan, police officer was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for using excessive force against an arrestee while fingerprinting and photographing him at a local detention facility. Matthew Rodriguez, 49, pleaded guilty in March to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law. According to court documents, on June 13, 2023, then-officer Rodrigue  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: A former Warren, Michigan, police officer was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for using excessive force against an arrestee while fingerprinting and photographing him at a local detention facility. Matthew Rodriguez, 49, pleaded guilty in March to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law. According to court docum  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: A Harper Woods resident was arrested today for distributing drugs laced with fentanyl that killed three Grosse Pointe Woods residents in June 2023, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Ison was joined in the announcement by Cheyvoryea Gibson, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and   more

MARQUETTE, Michigan, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Bradley Scott Heard, 46, of Havre, Montana, and Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Jonker to 180 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Heard's co-defendant,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.5 million grant to the Bay Mills Indian Community in Brimley, Michigan, for wastewater infrastructure improvements needed to support economic development in the region. This grant will expand wastewater treatment capacity at the Bay Mi  more