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Federal Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Friday April 26, 2024 ( 2 items )  

NTIA: Statement of Assistant Secretary Davidson on Nokia's Electronic Equipment for the Internet for All Initiative
KENOSHA, Wisconsin, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following statement on April 24, 2024: * * * Today Nokia announced that their first American-made broadband electronics for use in anticipated Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program networks are now available for purchase. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson traveled to Keno  more

Wis. U.S. Attorney: La Crosse Man Sentenced to 7 Years for Drug Trafficking and Illegally Possessing a Firearm
MADISON, Wisconsin, April 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Timothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Benjamin W. Thoreson, 43, La Crosse, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 7 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon and possessing methamphetamine for distribution. Thoreson pleaded gu  more