WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Sgt. Lawrence E. Reitz, 22, of Hoopeston, Illinois, killed during World War II, was accounted for May 5, 2023. In the summer of 1943, Reitz was assigned to 343d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 98th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 9th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture issued the following news release: The Nutrition Incentive Program Training, Technical Assistance, Evaluation, and Information Center (NTAE) has released Year 3 (2021-2022) evaluation impact findings for the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture's (NIFA) Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP). GusNIP supports projects that distribute financial incentives to   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 7 (TNSper) -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Jim Pillen has appointed K.C. Belitz to be the next director of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED). Belitz, who is currently the chief operating officer for the Nebraska Community Foundation, will assume his new role on July 5. "K.C. brings the right experience and enthusiasm to lead DED and market Nebraska," said Governor Pillen. "He understands firsthand the needs  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, June 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A man who conspired to, and distributed, methamphetamine pled guilty June 6, 2023, in federal court in Sioux City. Phillip Pringle, 53, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, and aiding and abetting another in the distribution of methamphetamine. At the plea hearing, Pringle admitted that   more