BATTLE CREEK, Michigan, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: Recently members of the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services' Equal Employment Opportunity team provided training to the local Veterans Affairs Medical Center for 25 staff members. A woman stands behind a podium looking at a seated man who is one of her students in a training class. "I am very excited to have a team from DLA Disposition Services here," said Stephen Ka  more

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: DLA Disposition Services recently took part in a panel discussion for southwestern Michigan small businesses entitled Coffee & Contracting. The discussion focused on ways to ensure these businesses can stay engaged and connected with DLA and other federal opportunities. Current COVID restrictions make in-person events impossible, but Disposition Services staff like Tracy Hart, t  more

SCOTT AFB, Illinois, May 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following news: Exercise Mobility Guardian 2021, the Air Force's largest and longest exercise ensuring readiness to move military personnel and equipment in combat operations, is scheduled to begin at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, on May 15. More than 1,800 exercise participants will operate 18 mobility aircraft at six locations in Michigan and Wisconsin through May 27 in order to validate Air  more

GLADSTONE, Michigan, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Hiawatha National Forest - issued the following news release: Hiawatha National Forest and Gnoozhekaaning, Place of the Pike, or Bay Mills Indian Community (BMIC) recently signed a Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) agreement, making the parties among the first in the nation to utilize the tribal GNA authority, granted in the 2018 Farm Bill. The authority provides an opportunity for the parties to cooperati  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Michigan remains the third largest apple producer in the United States, according to Marlo Johnson, Director of the USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. Michigan apple production, at 927 million pounds, was down 13 percent from the 2019 crop. The farm level value of utilized production was $270.2 million. Michig  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 4 -- 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 March 2021 are listed in the table below. Some Michigan highlights were: March corn, at $4.97 per bushel, increased $0.08 from February and increased $1.24 from last year; March soybeans, at $13.20, decreased $0.20 from last month but increased $4.30 from la  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 55231) involving Fermi, Michigan: UNANALYZED CONDITION "At 0930 EDT on 5/3/2021, it was determined that during entries into the Fermi 2 Reactor Building Steam Tunnel (RBST) on 4/17/2021, 4/18/2021, and 4/21/2021 that the door was not controlled according to site procedures. The RBST door is credited as a hazard barrier for various high-energy line break (HELB) scenarios. On the identified dates,  more

GLADSTONE, Michigan, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Hiawatha National Forest - issued the following news release: The declining abundance of insect and other animal pollinators in many ecosystems worldwide has been recorded since the end of the 20th century. Scientists are worried about rapid population decreases among important pollinators across the Midwest. Thanks to funding from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Hiawatha National Forest will b  more