CHICAGO, Illinois, July 9 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news: * * * Amtrak and states impressed by positive response to new service * * * Preliminary figures from the first full month of state-sponsored Borealis trains between St. Paul and Chicago show a ridership of greater than 18,500. That is an average of about 300 passengers aboard each of the eastbound and westbound trains operated daily by Amtrak under contracts with Wisconsin, Minnesota   more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: Today, July 8, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of 38 organizations to receive over $3.6 million in funding for projects under the Environmental Education Grants Program. "Advancing environmental education advances EPA's mission because it better equips our communities with the information they need to protect public health today and in the future," said   more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: Yellow/red particles of avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles.CDC & NIAID What A series of experiments with highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI H5N1) viruses circulating in infected U.S. dairy cattle found that viruses derived from lactating dairy cattle induced severe disease in mice and ferrets when administered via intranasal inoculation. The vi  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: When a comrade falls in war, you do what you can to help them. That's a mantra Marine Corps Pfc. Harold Christ Agerholm took seriously during the World War II Battle of Saipan when he helped evacuate nearly four-dozen wounded men during a large enemy counterattack. Agerholm didn't survive the mission, but his selfless actions led leaders to posthumously bestow him with the Medal of Honor. Marine Corps   more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: There was a time when Marc Boyd felt he was destined to perform on stage, though his new role as public affairs officer at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport still allows him to be front and center. Boyd recently was named head of the Corporate Communications Division in the Corporate Operations Department, replacing Jeffrey Prater, who departed in October 2023. Boyd will oversee the Public an  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 5 -- President Biden issued the following remarks to to an overflow crowd at a campaign event at Sherman Middle School: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello, hello, hello! (Applause.) Thank you, thank you, thank you. As my mother would say -- AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years! THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you. Hey, folks, look, first of all, I can't tell you how much I appreciate you being here. No, I really mean it. I really mean it. You  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, July 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin issued the following news release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 8, 2024, Senior United States District Judge William C. Griesbach sentenced Randy D. Mack (age: 36) to 15 years in federal prison after Mack was convicted of attempted possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. According to court records, in December   more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, July 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin issued the following news release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Charles A. Parham (age: 42), a former resident of Keshena and Wausau, received a prison sentence of 144 months following a conviction for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. The sentence, imposed on July 8, 2024, by Senior United States District Judge   more