RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Bureau of Reclamation began lowering the water levels into Rapid Creek late last week to conduct repairs to the Pactola Reservoir left regulating gate. In coordination with our partner at the City of Rapid City, Reclamation temporarily lowered levels to 11 cubic feet per second (cfs) to facilitate required repairs to the dam. Concrete cavitation was identified   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2022: Rural Office of Community Services Inc., a Wagner, South Dakota-based social services agency, which serves low-income families and individuals across multiple locations in South Dakota, will pay $320,000 in monetary relief to a class of affected employees to voluntarily resolve an employment discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a federal grand jury has indicted a Lake Andes, South Dakota, man for 18 counts of Wire Fraud and two counts of Theft From an Indian Tribal Organization. Christopher Saunsoci, age 42, was indicted in November of 2022. He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on November 18, 202  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 10 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in eight Montana counties and neighboring counties in North Dakota and South Dakota are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Tanya N. Garfield of SBA's Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced reve  more