CHICAGO, Illinois, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the county employment and wages in Michigan for 4th quarter 2019: Employment rose in 7 of Michigan's 10 large counties from December 2018 to December 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2018.) Acting Regional Commissioner Julie Wilson noted   more

DETROIT, Michigan, July 2 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: A Wauseon, Ohio knife manufacturer will pay $20,900 in back pay and non-economic damages and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. The EEOC charged that Busse Combat Knife Company violated federal law by discharging a worker after he revealed a disability. Accor  more

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: The Defense Logistics Agency's property disposal site at Fort Meade, Maryland, recently added a 40,000 square foot warehouse as part of an expected three-part infrastructure improvement program. "The additional space will allow our team to better support the warfighter by increasing our capacity to hold more property and streamline our internal warehouse property flow," said A  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news story: Some 120,000 members of the National Guard have responded this year to natural disasters -- floods in Michigan, wildfires in Kansas and tornadoes in Tennessee, just to name a few; -- and have participated in global military operations and responded to civil disturbances and to COVID-19, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said. "It has been a crazy year, and it's just early July," Air Force Gen. Joseph L.   more

DETROIT, Michigan, July 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Matthew Schneider, issued the following news release on June 30: U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider and UAW President Rory Gamble jointly announce that they had a productive and helpful first meeting to begin negotiations to further the cause of reform in the United Auto Workers union. U.S. Attorney Schneider welcomed the opportunity to sit down with the UAW's President in order to work together toward improving t  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, July 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Andrew Byerly Birge, issued the following news release on June 29: U.S. Attorney Andrew B. Birge announced today that U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff sentenced Mark J. Sabor to two years of incarceration for his involvement in a conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. Mr. Sabor was the manager of Urological Solutions of Michigan ("USM"), a mobile medical practice providing urological services to patients   more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, July 3 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Andrew Byerly Birge, issued the following news release: Andrew Birge and Matthew Schneider, the U.S. Attorneys for the Western and Eastern Districts of Michigan respectively, announced the appointment of Joel Postma to serve as the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Coordinator for the two districts. As the MMIP Coordinator for both districts, Mr. Postma will respond to MMIP issues affecting ea  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency - Michigan Field Office issued the following news release: USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds Michigan producers to complete crop acreage reports by the applicable deadline for their county. Acreage reporting dates vary by crop and by county. Contact your FSA county office for a list of acreage reporting deadlines by crop. "To make sure you're eligible for many USDA programs, you need to file an ac  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: The vast majority of corn and soybeans planted in Michigan continue to be varieties containing genetic modification, according the USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. Biotechnology varieties accounted for 89 percent of the corn acres planted in Michigan, unchanged from last year. Soybean plantings included 91 p  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Michigan farmers bounced back from a weather beaten 2019 to plant field crops in 2020 that outpaced the 5-year average, even with some replanting necessary due to late frosts and some flooding in May. According to Marlo Johnson, Director, USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office, Michigan corn growers planted 2.30 m  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: On June 1, 2020, Michigan corn stocks totaled 100 million bushels, 2 percent higher than a year earlier, according to Marlo Johnson, Director, USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. About 58 percent of the corn was stored on farms. The third quarter disappearance was 32.7 million bushels, compared with 77.5 millio  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Prices received by Michigan farmers for the full month of May 2020 are listed in the table below. Some Michigan highlights were: May corn, at $3.50 per bushel, increased $0.08 from April but decreased $0.20 from last year; May wheat, at $5.55 per bushel, decreased $0.30 from April but increased $0.62 from last yea  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, David DeVillers, issued the following news release on July 1: Daniel Lee Rippy, 29, of Livermore, California pleaded guilty today to threatening a shooting at The Ohio State University and vowing to hurt football players. He sent the online threat during the 2018 football game between Ohio State and Michigan, which was played in Columbus. According to court documents, Rippy sent a message over Facebook stating that   more

DETROIT, Michigan, June 30 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: Powerlink Facilities Management Services, a Michigan-based management and maintenance services company, will pay $25,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Powerlink violated federal law by failing to provide a reasonable ac  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 20-00067-172) summary on "Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain, Michigan": Summary: This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report provides a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the Oscar G. Johnson VA medical  more