ST. JOSEPH, Michigan, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: A consent judgement issued by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Michigan has led Shoreline Building Services LLC - and its owner Crystal Middleton - to pay 11 employees $10,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to resolve overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The court's action follows a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation   more

KALAMAZOO, Michigan, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: Three Kalamazoo, Michigan-area restaurants under joint ownership have paid $225,000 in back wages to 82 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found minimum wage and overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In a consent judgment, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan has ordered the three restaurants and Francisco Hernand  more

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: To the world, it's the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan. To the staff of the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services headquarters within, it's their professional home, and it's closing in on a centennial birthday. In the past century, the building was nearly always brimming with people, but the pandemic changed that when a majority of the workfo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The Michigan National Guard received a request from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to support community health care organizations with logistical and medical assets for COVID-19 vaccinations across the state. Guard leadership has analyzed its medical assets and logistical requirements and plans to augment health care providers across the state, where requested, in the administration of the vac  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division issued the following news release on Dec. 17: The Attorneys General of Michigan and Wisconsin filed for permission to join the antitrust lawsuit filed by the United States and eleven other state Attorneys General against monopolist Google. This follows a similar recent motion by the California Attorney General to join the lawsuit on December 11, 2020. "We welcome the efforts by the States of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Cal  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on LG Chem "RESU 10H" Lithium-Ion Residential Energy Storage System: Hazard: The home batteries can overheat, posing a risk of fire and emission of harmful smoke. Remedy: Replace Recall date: December 16, 2020 Units: About 1,815 Consumer Contact: LG Energy Solution Michigan toll-free at 866-263-0301 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email at RESUservice@lgensol.com, or online at www  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Andrew Byerly Birge, issued the following news release on Dec. 17: United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted six men on a charge of conspiracy to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta each face up to life in prison if convicted. Fox, Garbin, Franks, Harris, and Ca  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Andrew Byerly Birge, issued the following news release on Dec. 14: U.S. Attorney Andrew B. Birge announced today that Denise D'Andrea pleaded guilty to one count of causing the adulteration of a medical device. In the criminal information, the government alleged that Ms. D'Andrea, the Director of Clinical Services at The Prometheus Group ("Prometheus"), a device manufacturer headquartered in Dover, New Ha  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Potato Stocks in Michigan on December 1, 2020, were estimated at 10.9 million hundredweight (cwt), down 13 percent from last year's 12.5 million cwt. December's stocks represent 63 percent of the total production. Stocks include potatoes stored by both processors and growers. The major potato States held 270 mill  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Dairy herds in Michigan produced 940 million pounds of milk during November, up 3.6 percent from a year ago, according to Marlo Johnson, Regional Director of USDA, NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. Production per cow in Michigan averaged 2,170 pounds for November, 45 pounds above November 2019. The dairy herd was  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Dec. 16 (TNSJou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute on Drug Abuse issued the following news release on Dec. 15: Findings released today from the most recent Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey of substance use behaviors and related attitudes among teens in the United States indicate that levels of nicotine and marijuana vaping did not increase from 2019 to early 2020, although they remain high. The annual MTF survey is conducted by the Uni  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The White House issued the following news release: President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to be Members of the President's Advisory 1776 Commission for terms of two years: Larry Arnn, of Arkansas, Chair Dr. Carol M. Swain, of Tennessee, Vice Chair Brooke L. Rollins, of Texas Vincent M. Haley, of Virginia Victor Davis Hanson, of California Phil Bryant, of Mississippi Mike Gonzalez, of Maryland John Gibbs, of Michigan Sc  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following statement on Dec. 14: * * * Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement regarding a consent order entered in a federal court in Michigan today: "The consent order entered today by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan takes an important step toward ending the corruption that in recent years has afflicted the leadership of the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Impleme  more

ROCHESTER, Michigan, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Mr. C's Car Wash - based in Rochester, Michigan - has paid $85,753 in back wages to 414 employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) overtime and minimum wage requirements at all nine of the employer's Detroit-metro locations. WHD investigators found the employer violated the FLSA's minimum wage r  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Matthew Schneider, issued the following news release on Dec. 14: United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced that an agreement has been reached with the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) to resolve the office's findings of fraud and corruption within the UAW. Schneider was joined in the announcement by UAW International President Rory Gamble. Today, the United States filed an anti-corruption and anti-f  more