COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Jan. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Academy issued the following news: Cadets at the Air Force Academy represented the university at a national-level collegiate court competition Jan. 17-18, making it deep into the tournament before eventually standing aside to the tournament winner, Eastern Michigan. The cadets joined 80 top-student teams at the National Moot Court Tournament at the Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, La. "Very few programs produce even one n  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, announces that the first phase of construction on the New Lock at the Soo has been awarded to Trade West Construction Inc. of Mesquite, Nevada. The much anticipated mega-project will be constructed in three phases. Trade West Construction will receive almost $53 million to complete this first phase of construction, which involves deepening the ups  more

DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Michigan, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has determined that the Dearborn Heights School District violated whistleblower statutes by unjustly disciplining, publicly discrediting and terminating an employee who reported unsafe working conditions to federal and state agencies. OSHA ordered the Michigan scho  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: Senior leaders from DLA Disposition Services travelled from Battle Creek, Michigan, to Jacksonville, Florida, last month to join employees from the South-East region for their tenth annual Leadership Training Seminar. Attendees included all South-East supervisors and two non-supervisor employees to train and share ideas. "Sustaining the Momentum" was chosen as the theme, by joi  more

MENOMINEE, Wisconsin, Jan. 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: EPA and its partner states Wisconsin and Michigan are making progress toward removing the Lower Menominee River Area of Concern from a group of 43 heavily polluted sites located within the Great Lakes basin. These Areas of Concern or "AOCs" were originally identified in the 1980s and were targeted primarily due to contamination dating back over many decades. In the Lower Menominee River AOC,   more

BELLEVILLE, Michigan, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Charter Township of Van Buren has paid $54,945 in back wages to 48 current and former employees for violations of the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). WHD investigators determined the Wayne County government entity - based in Belleville, Michigan - violated ov  more

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Michigan, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Elite Road Service LLC - based in Clinton Township, Michigan - has paid $58,551 in back wages to 66 current and former employees to resolve violations of the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). WHD investigators determined the towing company paid tow truck   more