CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 23 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 22, 2023, entitled "Michigan Job Openings and Labor Turnover - October 2023": * * * Michigan had 220,000 job openings in October 2023, compared to 242,000 openings in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in Michigan wa  more

ROMULUS, Michigan, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Office of Field Operations intercepted 110 pounds of ketamine in a traveler's baggage at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on December 13. A citizen of the United Kingdom arrived on a flight from France and was selected for a secondary inspection. An x-ray scan and physical search of two large suitcases, which the man cl  more

SAULT STE. MARIE, Michigan, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District's New Lock at the Soo project in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, awards $213.8 million contract Option 1B (Chamber Wall Monoliths) to Kokosing Alberici Traylor, LLC (KAT) of Westerville, Ohio. Contract Option 1B includes construction of the lock wall monoliths, very large concrete wall portions that make up the sides of the chamb  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Dec. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2023: What began as a delivery of drugs in a Sony PlayStation box led agents to a stash location in Novi where a drug organization stored more than 30 kilograms of fentanyl and over half a million dollars. Today, the girlfriend of the organization's California based leader, who laundered the drug money and lived lavishly off the proceeds was sentenced   more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: * * * Operator was president of Michigan 7-Eleven owners' group when federal suit was filed * * * The owner and operator of four western Michigan convenience stores agreed to pay $36,528 in back wages and damages to 13 workers to resolve a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Labor after its investigators found the company had inaccurate payroll records, paid employees "off-the-books" and  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56892) involving Jan X-Ray Services Inc., Parma, Michigan: * * * Rep Org: JAN X-Ray Services, Inc. Licensee: JAN X-Ray Services, Inc. Region: 3 City: Parma State: MI License #: 21-16560-01 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: James Maramba HQ OPS Officer: Thomas Herrity Notification Date: 12/15/2023 Notification Time: 16:16 [ET] Event Date: 12/15/2023 Event Time: 06:52 [EST] Last Update   more

DETROIT, Michigan, Dec. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2023: U.S. Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today that the Eastern District of Michigan collected $68,224,759.35 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2023. Of this amount, $45,879,094.11 was collected in criminal actions and $22,345,665.24 was collected in civil actions. The U.S. Attorneys' Offices, along with the department's litigating divisi  more