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Two members of Congress wrote to the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs on Monday demanding answers about why the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit has fallen to a one-star facility out of five stars based on an internal rating by the VA.

A USA TODAY/Free Press report last week revealing a low quality rating at Detroit's John D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center led two members of Congress today to ask the agency for assurances that veterans are "being properly cared for and are not in danger."

Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) isn't waiting for the next Congressional session to push for regulatory reform.

Walberg announced the introduction of three bills Thursday, each targeting the Labor Department, as the House was taking its last votes before the Thanksgiving recess.

After many years following his service and subsequent death from Korean War-inflicted disease, U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Leander Rohr was awarded the prestigious Purple Heart Medal – received in his name by his sister Josephine "Nelie" Denny – last week in a veterans ceremony at the Onsted American Legion post. Denny was said to have been very close to her brother.

JACKSON, MI – The Lofts on Louis downtown Jackson development emerged after an unassuming meal at the Grand River Brewery.

Ryan Henry, co-founder of development and construction group Kincaid Henry, came to the brewery with a friend for a meal and casual conversation about development in the area.

When John Burtka asked about their conversation, he told Henry he wanted to talk.

There's always been some import competition for U.S. steel — but what the industry faced in 2014-15 was considered unprecedented.

LUNA PIER - A Vietnam-era veterans pinning ceremony has been announced in conjunction with the Fourth Annual Luna Pier Veterans Day Parade.

The parade steps off at noon Nov. 5 from Water Tower Park, 11309 Harold Dr. The parade route will be from Water Tower Park to Memorial Park at the corner of Harold Drive and Luna Pier Rd.