CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 1 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 31, 2023, entitled "South Dakota Job Openings and Labor Turnover - May 2023": * * * South Dakota had 31,000 job openings in May 2023, unchanged from April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in South Dakota was 6.3 percent in Ma  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Aug. 2 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023: * * * President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law expanded the eligibility of WIIN funding to include remediating lead in water that children drink, in addition to testing and compliance monitoring * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 announced $426,000 in grant funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to protect children  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release on July 31, 2023: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken has sentenced two brothers from Box Elder and Rapid City, South Dakota, both convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. The sentencing hearings took place on July 28, 2023. Elias Condon from Box Elder, 24, was sentenced to 15   more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann has sentenced a Sisseton, South Dakota, woman, who was convicted of Embezzlement and Theft from a Tribal Organization. The sentencing took place on July 31, 2023, in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Valette Keoke, age 52, was sentenced to two y  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 3 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in 20 Iowa counties and neighboring counties in Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri 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 re  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 3 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in 12 South Dakota counties and neighboring counties in Iowa and Minnesota 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 revenues cause  more