DETROIT, Michigan, July 19 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Detroit Field Office issued the following news release: * * * - Wholesaler allegedly distributed 3.7 million hydrocodone pills to pharmacy in town of 400 people * * * A federal grand jury has charged a pharmaceutical distributor, two of its former officials and two pharmacists with conspiring to distribute controlled substances in an indictment returned here yesterday. Four individuals have been ch  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, to help construct a new manufacturing and warehouse facility that will serve as the foundation for tribally-led regional business developme  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release: Michigan-based dried fruit company, Graceland Fruit Inc., was able to save the jobs of workers in the Midwest and grow into international markets with the help of export credit insurance from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM). All week long, as part of the White House's Made in America Week, EXIM is spotlighting companies such as Graceland Fruit, whose exporting success reflects how Am  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced its approval of the application under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 by Chemical Financial Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, to acquire TCF Financial Corporation, Wayzata, Minnesota, and thereby indirectly acquire its subsidiary bank, TCF National Bank, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Attached is the Board's order relating to this action. For media inquiries  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A Boca Raton, Florida, resident pleaded guilty today in Flint, Michigan, to conspiring to impede the lawful functions of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and conspiring to steal from an organization receiving federal funds, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department's Tax Division. According to court documents, from January 2013 through December 2017,   more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54163) involving the Fermi power reactor in Michigan: OFFSITE NOTIIFICATION DUE TO OIL LEAK "At 1335 EDT on 7/15/2019, during dredging activities in Fermi 2's General Service Water (GSW) intake canal, a hydraulic line on the dredging machine became disconnected and approximately one quart of hydraulic oil spilled into Lake Erie. The oil leak to navigable waters has been stopped. The oil was co  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54168) involving the Fermi power reactor in Michigan: OFFSITE NOTIFICATION DUE TO SEWAGE SPILL ON SITE "At 1445 EDT, on 7/16/2019, during routine maintenance activities on the sanitary sewage system, a leak from an overflow line to a parking lot was discovered. The total amount leaked is estimated to be 20 gallons. Approximately 2 gallons reached gravel in an excavated section of the parking l  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, G. Zachary Terwilliger, issued the following news release: Two Michigan men pleaded guilty today for their roles in an advanced fee scheme involving phony Standby Letters of Credit supposedly issued by European banks. According to court documents, Samuel John Abraham, 62, of Novi, and Kenneth Ross Thomas, 52, of Westland, conspired to defraud individuals and businesses desperate for credit by promising to   more