WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Force 1st Lt. Richard J. Kasten, 24, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, killed during World War II, was accounted for July 18, 2023. In January 1944, Kasten was assigned to the 68th Bombardment Squadron, 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) in the European Theater. On Jan. 21, Kasten, a navigator on board a   more

RIVERSIDE, California, March 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: A Michigan man was found guilty by a jury today of maliciously setting fires to six semi-trailers belonging to a major commercial trucking company in the Inland Empire and High Desert during a 10-month span. Viorel Pricop, 66, of Allen Park, Michigan, was found guilty of six counts of arson of vehicle or property in interstate commerce. Pric  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services division issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: The Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today announced the two recipients of the 2024 L. Anthony Sutin Award for Innovative Law Enforcement and Community Partnerships. They are: * Lancaster County (South Carolina) Sheriff's Office with the Coalition for Healthy Youth; and * Macomb County (M  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 16 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance posted the following news release: * * * Published on March 21, 2024 by Disaster Field Operations Center East * * * The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) are available in Michigan for small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations with eco  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued the following public notice (PS Docket No. 23-237; WT Docket 02-378) on March 14, 2024: * * * The Region 54 (Southern Lake Michigan)1 700 MHz and 800 MHz Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two virtual planning meetings via Microsoft Teams on Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 9:00 am (Central Time). The deadline for new applications to be filed for the Spring meeting is April 1,   more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: If Civil Air Patrol needs an example of a Renaissance cadet, look no further than Cadet Maj. Gabriella Orme of the Michigan Wing. As if flying as a pilot, running her own aviation welding business out of her garage, and attending community college aren't enough, she's also medaled in some 100 martial arts competitions, with an eye toward possibly competing in the Olympics as part of the U.S. Taekwo  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, March 13 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: * * * Baby Formula Manufacturer Refused to Reasonably Accommodate Employee with Work-Hardening Program or Additional Leave, Federal Agency Charged * * * Mead Johnson & Company, a manufacturer of baby formula, will make a $15,000 donation to the American Cancer Society and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 15 (TNSres) -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office made significant strides in 2023 in rebuilding community trust, reinvigorating our protection of civil rights, and restructuring our approach to violent crime, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. The details of the office's work in 2023 are set forth in a 51-page annual report highli  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: A New Baltimore resident was sentenced yesterday to 8 years and 4 months in federal prison following her convictions fo 26 drug-related crimes, including unlawful distribution of controlled substances and conspiracy to unlawfully distribute prescription drug-controlled substances, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Joining Ison in   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on March 7, 2024, Quenton Dodson, 36, originally from Ypsilanti, Michigan, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey Crawford to a term of 96 months' imprisonment to be followed by a four-year term of supervised release. Dodson pr  more