CHICAGO, Illinois, April 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 20: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the winners of its 2019 WasteWise Awards for making strides in reducing waste streams. National award winners include Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Mich., named as Partner of the Year, and L Brands, Inc. of Columbus, Ohio, which received an honorable mention. Kohl's Department Stores in Menomonee Falls, Wisc.,  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on April 21: The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau approved an additional five funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Health care providers in some of the hardest hit areas like New York and Michigan will use this $3.71 million in funding to provide telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic. To date, the FCC's COVID-19 Telehealth Program has   more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Dairy herds in Michigan produced 993 million pounds of milk during March, up 2.3 percent from a year ago, according to Marlo Johnson, Regional Director of USDA, NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. Production per cow in Michigan averaged 2,320 pounds for March, 35 pounds above March 2019. The dairy herd was estimat  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 21 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Potato Stocks in Michigan on April 1, 2020, were estimated at 3.9 million hundredweight (cwt), up 15 percent from last year's 3.4 million cwt. April's stocks represent 20 percent of the total production. Stocks include potatoes stored by both processors and growers. The major potato States held 132 million cwt o  more