WASHINGTON, July 4 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to three discretionary grants for Head Start services in Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw Manistee, Benzie, Oceana, Mason, Ottawa, Kent, Muskegon, Van Buren, Cass, Berrien, Allegan, Montcalm, Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties, Michigan. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $13,519,291. The agency said the grant was associated wi  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to five discretionary grants for Head Start services in Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Bay, Cheboygan, Clare, Crawford, Gladwin, Huron, Iosco, Lapeer, Mecosta, Midland, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Osceola, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Sanilac, and Tuscola counties, Michigan. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $25,233,810. The agency sai  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to three discretionary grants for Head Start services in Hillsdale and Jackson counties, Michigan. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $9,026,530. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township governments; independent school districts;  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it intends to award a $49,750 cooperative agreement to the Auburn University for the control of invasive red swamp crayfish in ponds and burrows in Michigan. The agency description of the grant states: "This project represents the second year of an ongoing collaboration to evaluate the potential to use CO2, and selected chemical control agents, in burrows and small ponds to effect control of invasi  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award a $1.5 million to the Biomilab LLC of Lansing, Michigan, for the eradication of invasive Quagga and Zebra mussels using engineered disseminated neoplasia. The agency description of the grant states: "Under this Agreement, Biomilab, LLC. shall work to engineer normal quagga and zebra mussel hemocytes into induced DN cells (iDNCs) that can be used to transmit and foster lethal canc  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $872,220 grant to the city of Cedar Springs, Michigan, to provide critical infrastructure improvements needed to develop a new industrial park. This EDA grant will be matched with $581,480 in local investment, and is expected to attract an eventual $30 million in private inv  more

CADILLAC, Michigan, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Huron-Manistee National Forests - issued the following news release: The USDA Forest Service is urging visitors to exercise caution on waterways throughout the Huron-Manistee National Forests while celebrating the July 4 holiday. Recent weather has generated higher than average water levels on several popular recreational rivers, including the Pere Marquette, the Pine, and the White. River users may:   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, John R. Lausch Jr., issued the following news release: A Michigan man has been arrested on federal criminal charges for allegedly conducting illegal charter boat operations on Chicago waterways. CHRISTOPHER MIKE GARBOWSKI used a 40-foot powerboat known by the names "Anchorman," "Sea Hawk" and "Manaje III," to conduct illegal commercial charter operations on Chicago waterways, including Lake Michigan and the C  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $75,000 cooperative agreement to the Pheasants Forever Inc. of St. Paul, Minnesota, for strategic conservation delivery activities for at-risk species in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Wisconsin and Saskatchewan, Canada. The agency description of the grant states: "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Servic  more

WASHINGTON, July 5 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 1107X) entitled "West Michigan Railroad Co. Abandonment Exemption in Van Buren County, Michigan": On November 8, 2018, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) filed a request for an extension of the interim trail use/rail banking negotiating period under the notice of interim trail use or abandonment (NITU) issued for 8.92 miles of rail line in Van   more