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Federal Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Thursday October 10, 2024 ( 5 items )  

DEA-Chicago: Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Meth Trafficking, Gun Crimes
CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division issued the following news release: John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Milwaukee, and U.S. Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Sept. 17, 2024, Senior U.S. District Judge William C. Griesbach sentenced Chee Neng Xiong, 36, to a total sentence of 10 years' imprisonment and 10 years' superv  more

Unemployment rate 1.9 percent in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in August 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In August 2024, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, had the lowest unemployment rate, 1.9 percent. The next lowest rates were in Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont; Madison, Wisconsin; and Rapid City, South Dakota, 2.1 percent each. El Centro, California, had the highest rate, 20.2 percent. A total of 238 areas had August jobless rates below the U.S. rate  more

White House Issues Transcript of News Call Previewing President Biden Trip to Wisconsin
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news call on Oct. 8, 2024, by Deputy Chief of Staff Natalie Quillian, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan and a senior administration official previewing President Biden's trip to Wisconsin: * * * MR. FERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ: Hi. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining today's press call to preview President Biden's trip to Wisconsin and the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to ensure ever  more

Wis. U.S. Attorney: Drug Distribution and Firearm Possession on Menominee Indian Reservation Leads to Eight-Year Prison Sentence for Former Keshena Man
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Oct. 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 October 4, 2024, Anthony Brown, Jr. (age: 50), a former resident of Keshena on the Menominee Indian Reservation, received an eight-year federal prison sentence following convictions for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in  more

Wis. U.S. Attorney: Fox Valley Man Sentenced to Ten Years' Imprisonment for Trafficking Methamphetamine in Neenah and Manitowoc and for Possessing Firearm as Previously Convicted Felon
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Oct. 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 September 17, 2024, Senior United States District Judge William C. Griesbach sentenced Chee Neng Xiong (age: 36) to a total sentence of ten years' imprisonment and ten years' supervised release after Xiong pled guilty to Distributing Methamphetamine and Possess  more