WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Unemployment rates were lower in June 2023 than a year earlier in 222 of the 389 metropolitan areas, higher in 119 areas, and unchanged in 48 areas. The largest over-the-year unemployment rate decreases occurred in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, Maryland, and California-Lexington Park, Maryland (-2.0 percentage points each). These two areas, along with  more

ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Ellsworth Air Force Base (28th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: By Specialist 3 Adam Olson, 28 Bomb Wing Public Affairs The 28th Civil Engineering Squadron at Ellsworth Air force Base conducted "Operation DEATH EAGLE", a 96-hour deployment training exercise on base, July 25-27, 2023. The exercise was created with the mindset of readiness and the ability to utilize dynamic skillsets in hostile deployed environments. "When you dep  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Aug. 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2023: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $248,000 in Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant program funding to help South Dakota communities address stormwater and sewer infrastructure needs. States may now apply for grant assistance to fund projects that will help municipalities strengthen their wastewater and stormwater collection system  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Aug. 11 -- 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 a jury has convicted Rusty James Driscoll, age 39, and Shauna Marie Gross, age 62, both of Kingman, Arizona, of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance following a four-day jury trial in federal district court in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on August 4, 2023. The   more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2023: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Lamar, Colorado, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on August 9, 2023. Jose Dominguez, age 39, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, th  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Aug. 9 -- 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 a federal grand jury has indicted a Manderson, South Dakota, man for Second Degree Murder. Sequoyah Mark West, Jr., age 29, was indicted in June of 2023. He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Daneta Wollmann on August 4, 2023, and pleaded not guilty to the Indictment. The maximum penalty upon   more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2023: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Mission, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on August 8, 2023. Anne Cordier, age 41, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed   more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken has sentenced a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The sentencing took place on August 4, 2023. Scott Deisinger, 52, was sentenced to five years in federal prison, followed by f  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2023: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced three Sioux Falls, South Dakota, men and one Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and one Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Launder Monetar  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in six South Dakota counties are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Tanya N. Garfield of SBA's Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in Lake County that began June 13. Primary county: Lake; Neighboring count  more