You can call the FRB and check the status
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I just called this number.
They said my license was approved and mailed to the PD on July 24. I applied in April. The old one expired after June 1. Turns out they never gave me the "MIRCS receipt", but a generic one and copy of cancelled check. I already had that, and they mailed me the copies. They put me on voicemail to the licensing officer, who of course is out. I just left a message that they have my license and I can come pick it up.
Oddly enough, they did not ask for the old LTC number, but for the driver's license number, name, and birthday. I guess this is more reliable than the LTC system.
Why, oh why, don't they just add on the LTC function to the driver's license, like the organ donor, and other info? It can just be another checkbox. Just that this one would need the approval of the local police chief.