ST. PAUL, Minnesota, June 10 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on the draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for the Mud Lake drawdown in Traverse County, Minnesota and Roberts County, South Dakota. The proposed action would occur at Mud Lake, one of the two reservoirs at the Lake Traverse flood control project. The purpose of the project is to improve wildlife habita  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 8 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced a new memorandum of understanding with Xcel Energy to work toward providing federal facilities in Minnesota, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin with 100% carbon pollution-free electricity (CFE) by 2030. President Biden charged the federa  more

DENVER, Colorado, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 8 issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health is recognizing the continued commitment to employees' well-being by two South Dakota employers - Bayer Research and Development LLC in Harrisburg and NuStar Energy's Central East Region in Sioux Falls - both of which recorded zero recordable injury or illness incidents in 2022. The com  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, June 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 Tea, South Dakota, woman for Tampering with Consumer Products and Obtaining Controlled Substances by Misrepresentation, Fraud, Forgery, Deception, and Subterfuge. Brittany Enstad, age 39, was indicted in June of 2023. She appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge   more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The White House sent to the Senate on June 6, 2023, the nominations of six individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * * Summer K. Mersinger, of South Dakota, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2028. (Reappointment) * Marjorie A. Rollinson, of Virginia, to be Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service and an Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the Treasury, vice Michael J. Desmond.   more