PIERRE, San Diego, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: South Dakota Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters has created a Cleanup Assistance Hotline to assist South Dakotans with cleanup or debris removal as a result of the winter storm and flooding this year. The phone number is 605-519-5413. The hotline will operate through Aug. 9. The hotline is staffed by volunteers. Callers should leave their pho  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $56,000 cooperative agreement to the Conservation Legacy of Durango, Colorado, for interns in the areas of conservation, preservation and community engagement along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail in Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Washington and West Virginia. The  more

PIERRE, San Diego, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Crisis counseling is available to help South Dakotans in areas impacted by the flooding this year. A $320,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the State of South Dakota is funding the crisis counseling effort. Residents who are experiencing stress as a result of the disaster can call 800-691-4336 24 hours a day. The hotline will c  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, July 31 -- 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 former Secretary of the Oglala Sioux Tribe's Credit and Finance Office was sentenced to 5 years of federal probation for Embezzlement and Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization. Helen Hernandez, age 41, was also ordered to pay $42,100 in restitution. She pleaded guilty to felony embezzlement on April 5, 20  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Aug. 2 -- 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 man from San Jose, Mexico, who entered the United States and was subsequently apprehended in South Dakota and convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on July 31, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Heriberto Navarro Ortiz, age 33, was sentenced to 41 months   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $150,000 cooperative agreement to the Texas A&M University for genomic evaluation of bison herds from Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas, Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, and Badlands National Park and Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota. The agency description of the grant states: "Texas A&M is a member for the Great Plains Cooperative Ecosystem  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $478 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fourth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States. "This significant investment in airport improvements in   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release: As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on July 19, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Keith Jensen, doing business as Keith Jensen Livestock (Keith Jensen Livestock) of South Dakota, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. An investi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release: As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on July 19, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Mark Robinson, doing business as Robinson Livestock (Robinson Livestock) of South Dakota, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. An investigation   more