MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 10 (TNSawa) -- The FBI Minneapolis Field Office issued the following news release: On Friday, May 5, 2023, FBI Director Christopher Wray presented Dr. Kenneth Snell, a board-certified pathologist at Sanford Hospital and Minnehaha County Medical Examiner, with the FBI Director's Community Leadership Award (DCLA) for his service to the people of South Dakota. The award was established in 1990 to honor individuals and organizations for their efforts in engaging the com  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, May 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 jury has convicted Salvador Madrigal Jr. (age 41) and Anahi Plascencia Cardona (age 33), both of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, following a four-day long jury trial in federal district court in Sioux Falls. Both defendants were convicted of one count of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substanc  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, May 11 -- 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 Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Distribution of a Controlled Substance to an Individual Under 21 Years of Age, was sentenced on May 1, 2023, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court. Charles Richards, Jr., age 53, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, followed by six year  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The new airborne geophysical survey data will be collected using an airplane and will fly over parts of northwest Iowa, northeast Nebraska, southwest Minnesota, and southeast South Dakota, weather permitting. The survey will begin in mid-May and be completed in about four to six months. * * * [Chart omitted] * * * The geophysical survey will focus on the buried Spir  more