WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued the following financial institution letter (No. FIL-33-2019): * * * - Regulatory Relief: Guidance to Help Financial Institutions and Facilitate Recovery in Areas of South Dakota Affected by Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding * * * Summary: The FDIC has announced a series of steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of South Dakota affected by severe   more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) hosted its largest group of undergraduate students ever for the annual undergraduate plasma workshop June 10 to 14 with more than 60 physics and engineering students coming from as far away as South Dakota, Washington, and Puerto Rico for the intensive, one-week course in plasma physics. The students included four interns   more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Ron Parsons, issued the following news release: Troy R. Morley of the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District of South Dakota was one of only 172 members of the Department of Justice nationwide recognized by Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director James Crowell, IV at the 35th Director's Awards Ceremony in Washington D.C. on June 20, 2019. The District of South Dako  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, June 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Ron Parsons, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man convicted of Second Degree Murder following a jury trial in June 2017 was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court. Marlin Iron Crow, age 46, was sentenced on June 13, 2019, to 20 years in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and was ordere  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, June 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Ron Parsons, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. Jason Kimmel, Sr., age 37, was indicted on June 11, 2019. He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on June 13, 2019, and pled not guilty to the Indictment. The maximum penalty upon  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36291) entitled "Dakota Southern Railway Company Notice of Modified Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity": On April 17, 2019, Dakota Southern Railway Company (DSRC), a Class III rail carrier, filed a notice for a modified certificate of public convenience and necessity under 49 C.F.R. pt. 1150 subpart C--Modified Certificate of Public Convenience an  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service issued the following statement by Acting Deputy Under Secretary Brandon Lipps in response to the Justice settlement with South Dakota based consultant Julie Osnes and her company regarding allegations of advising states to falsify Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program quality control data: "The Food and Nutrition Service will not tolerate fraud or abuse. We are responsible to the American public to be goo  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, Joseph H. Harrington, issued the following news release: Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington announced that Julie Osnes and her company, Julie Osnes Consulting LLC (together "Osnes"), of Pierre, South Dakota, agreed to pay the United States $751,571 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by causing states to submit false quality control data fo  more