BAYFIELD, Wisconsin, Sept. 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Report shows visitor spending supports 623 jobs in local economy * * * According to the 2022 National Park Service report on Visitor Spending Effects, 255,000 park visitors spent an estimated $45.2 million in local gateway regions while visiting Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. These expenditures supported a total of 623 jobs, $17.5 million in labo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: The Navy will commission the future USS Marinette (LCS 25) as the newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) during a 10:00 a.m. CST ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 16, in Menominee, Michigan. The Honorable Mike Gallagher, U.S. Representative, Wisconsin's 8th District, will deliver the commissioning ceremony's principal address. Remarks will also be provided by the Honorable Russell Rumbaugh, Assistant Secretary of the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2023: A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty today to a felony charge related to his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Riley D. Kasper, 24, of Pulaski, Wisconsin, pl  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, Timothy M. O'Shea, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2023: Timothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Travis Lee Young, 47, Milwaukee, Wisconsin was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 144 months for possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine and mai  more