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Federal Tipoffs Involving South Dakota Newsletter for Sunday February 25, 2024 ( 8 items )  

Ellsworth B-1s Arrive in Sweden for Bomber Task Force Deployment
ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Ellsworth Air Force Base (28th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: By Mr. Steven J. Merrill, 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs Three weeks after conducting airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, a pair of B-1B Lancers from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, arrived at Lulea-Kallax Air Base, Sweden, for a Bomber Task Force deployment Feb. 23, 2024. During the deployment, the bomber crews and   more

EPA Region 8 Requests Applications for Pollution Prevention Source Reduction Projects
DENVER, Colorado, Feb. 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Funding opportunity for projects to reduce pollution and waste through changes in the use of natural resources and materials * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is opening the FY2024-2025 Regional Source Reduction Assistance Notice of Funding Opportunity for applicants in the states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming and 28 Tribal Nations   more

EPA: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $42M for South Dakota Water Infrastructure Upgrades
PIERRE, South Dakota, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across the state * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $42,956,000 from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for South Dakota drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades. This funding is part of the over $50 billion investment in water in  more

S.D. U.S. Attorney's Office Announces Charges in Multi-State Meth and Money Laundering Conspiracy
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Feb. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that 24 individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. On February 5, 2024, U.S. District Court Judge Karen E. Schreier sentenced the first of 24 co-conspirators, Marissa Apodaca, 36, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to 10 years in federal p  more

S.D. U.S. Attorney: Sioux Falls Woman Sentenced for Her Role in Fentanyl and Meth Conspiracy, While Co-Conspirators Await Sentencing
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Feb. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2024: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on February 5, 2024. Tayler Alyssa Hanssen, 29, was sentenced to five years in federal prison, followed b  more

S.D. U.S. Attorney: Three of Four Co-Conspirators Sentenced in Fentanyl, Meth, and Firearms Conspiracy
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Feb. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2024: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced three defendants convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession of Firearm by a Prohibited Person. Antoine Ray Thomas, 39, of San Francisco, California, was sentenced on February 12, 2024, to 20 year  more

U.S. Bombers Arrive in Sweden for Bomber Task Force 24-2
LULEA, Sweden, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa issued the following news: By 1st Lt. Cameron Silver, USAFE-AFAFRICA Public Affairs Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, arrived in Lulea-Kallax Air Base, Sweden, for Bomber Task Force 24-2, Feb. 23, 2024. During the deployment, the bomber crews and support personnel will integrate with the Swedish Armed Forces, NATO Allies and other international partne  more

U.S. Bombers Arrive in Sweden for Bomber Task Force 24-2
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's European Command issued the following news release: By 1st Lt. Cameron Silver Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, arrived in Lulea-Kallax Air Base, Sweden, for Bomber Task Force 24-2, Feb. 23, 2024. During the deployment, the bomber crews and support personnel will integrate with the Swedish Armed Forces, NATO Allies and other international partners to synchronize capabi  more