WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2024: Today, the Attorneys General of Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah and Vermont joined a civil antitrust lawsuit (https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-live-nation-ticketmaster-monopolizing-markets-across-live-concert) filed by the Justice Department, 29 other states and the District of Columbia against Live Nation-Ticketm  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Aug. 20 -- 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 Bedload Sediment Collector Pilot Study in Clayton County, Iowa, and Grant County, Wisconsin. The purpose of the proposed action is to evaluate the feasibility of conducting channel management using passive bedload sediment collection systems. Instead of  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Education Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. F24CA0172) on Aug. 9, 2024, entitled "Burlington Community School District's Use of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Grant Funds." Here are excerpts: * * * To: McKenzie Snow, Director, Iowa Department of Education, 400 E 14th St, Des Moines, IA 50319 Dear Director Snow: Enclosed is our final report, "Burlington Community School District's Use of Elementar  more

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Aug. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Council Bluffs man was sentenced on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, to 136 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine. According to public court documents, Michael Martin Meehan, 53, distributed methamphetamine to a confidential informant on two occasions in January 2023, totaling more than 150 grams. After completing his term of imprisonment, Mee  more

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Aug. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Council Bluffs woman was sentenced on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, to 122 months in federal prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. According to public court documents, Demi Lynn Jahn, 33, conspired with other individuals to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine in the Council Bluffs metro area between March and June 2023. Jahn conspired w  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A woman who was involved in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, in which a young woman died from using cocaine distributed by the conspirators, was sentenced on August 15, 2024, to more than nine years in federal prison. Whitaker Jo Ingles, age 30, from Dyersville, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 14, 2024 guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to dist  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: Two Cedar Rapids men that distributed hundreds of pills containing fentanyl were recently sentenced to federal prison. Henry Sorrell Barnes, Jr., age 35, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 12, 2024 guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Noah Christopher Ward, age 25, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, rec  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (TNSrep) -- The National Science Foundation Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. 24-1-012) on Aug. 12, 2024, entitled "Performance Audit of Incurred Costs - Iowa State University." Here are excerpts: * * * At a Glance WHY WE DID THIS AUDIT We performed this audit to determine if costs claimed by Iowa State University (ISU) on NSF awards were allowable, allocable, reasonable, and in accordance with relevant federal and NSF regulations. A full descripti  more