PIERRE, South Dakota, July 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $2,574,000 to the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (SD DENR) to improve water quality in streams, rivers and lakes through a Nonpoint Source Program Clean Water Act (Section 319) grant. This grant is given to states to implement environmental programs that address various sources of pollution in surface and  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced its approval of the application under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 by Chemical Financial Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, to acquire TCF Financial Corporation, Wayzata, Minnesota, and thereby indirectly acquire its subsidiary bank, TCF National Bank, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Attached is the Board's order relating to this action. For media inquiries  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - Major deliveries in June set the stage for the next phase of work on LUX-ZEPLIN project * * * Most of the remaining components needed to fully assemble an underground dark matter-search experiment called LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) arrived at the project's South Dakota home during a rush of deliveries in June. When complete, LZ will be the largest, most sensitive U.S.-  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, July 15 -- 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 Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of 10 counts of Wire Fraud and 8 counts of Mail Fraud was sentenced on July 15, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier. Tobias Ritesman, age 42, was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, restitution in the amoun  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: The State of South Dakota and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will close the disaster recovery center on the Cheyenne River Reservation at 6 p.m Mountain time Wednesday, July 24. The center is located at the Cultural Preservation Center, 98 S. Willow St., Eagle Butte. The closure comes as the center has seen a decline in visitation as area re  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release: As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint under the PACA against The Fruit Club. The company, operating from South Dakota, allegedly failed to pay $367,040 promptly to four produce s  more