CHICAGO, Illinois, May 2 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 1, 2023, entitled "South Dakota Job Openings and Labor Turnover - February 2023": * * * South Dakota had 33,000 job openings in February 2023, compared to 37,000 openings in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in South Dak  more

ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota, May 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Ellsworth Air Force Base (28th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: By 2nd Lt. Michael Caggiano, 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs B-1B Lancers assigned to the 34th Bomb Squadron successfully participated in exercise COPE INDIA 2023, April 10-21, 2023. Participation in the exercise enhanced partnership between the U.S. Air Force and Indian Air Force (IAF). The 34th Bomb Squadron flew in the long-standing U.S. Pacific Air Forces exercise to  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, May 3 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Steven A. Russell, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Kylah Whiting, 21, of Winner, South Dakota, was sentenced on April 28, 2023, by Senior United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard to a total term of 10 years' imprisonment following her conviction for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute and carrying a firearm in relation to a drug traf  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, May 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken has sentenced a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on April 17, 2023. Michael Wilson, 46, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison, followed by five years of superv  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, May 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of South Dakota joins its partners across the federal government, as well as people throughout American Indian and Alaska Native communities, in recognizing May 5, 2023, as National Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day The department's work to respond to the MMIP crisis is a wh  more

ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota, May 2 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: The Tigers of the 37th Bomb Squadron roared into history when Gen. Anthony Cotton, U.S. Strategic Command commander, presented the unit with the 2022 Omaha Trophy for being the best strategic bomber squadron during a special event April 21, 2023, at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. The Omaha Trophy is awarded each year to military units with strategic bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles, ballisti  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 22-00514-108) on May 2, 2023, entitled "Failure of Leaders to Respond to Reports of Sexual Harassment at the VA Black Hills Health Care System in Fort Meade and Hot Springs, South Dakota." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to review the response by facility leaders and staff to allegations of sexual harassme  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 22-00540-107) on May 2, 2023, entitled "Issues Related to an Administrative Investigation Board at the VA Black Hills Health Care System in Fort Meade and Hot Springs, South Dakota." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection at the VA Black Hills Health Care System (facility) in Fort Meade and Hot Springs, South Dak  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on May 2, 2023: * * * MAGA House Republicans' Default on America Act Would Have Devastating Impacts for South Dakota Extreme bill would cut veterans' health care, jeopardize public safety, and raise costs for families--even as House Republicans separately push for trillions in tax cuts skewed to the wealthy and big corporations Congressional Republicans are holding the nation's full faith and credit hostage in an  more